Utility companies in California switch off the power of a large number of houses in California as a result of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfire.

This blackout has affected millions of Californians, however, the  Pacific Gas & Electric, which announced the reason behind the deliberate acts, said it was to avoid the repetition of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California’s deadliest wildfire in modern history.

According to the California governor Gavin Newsom, he said the “frustration that Californians feel as they deal with the impacts of these power outages is warranted,” but that safety was the main concern.

He added that “Our first priority is to protect people and to ensure that communities are safe,”

The outages are already affecting regions such as the Napa Valley wine country and could last up to a week in some places, the city of San Francisco is not affected by the intentional shutoff but much of the surrounding Bay Area could go dark including parts of Silicon Valley.

Schools and universities closed Wednesday and people stocked up on gasoline, water, batteries, and other basics.


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