Kootenai Electric Cooperative crews work on a power line, with the skeletons of trees in the background. Dead or weakened trees can be a fire hazard when they’re too close to electrical lines.
August 31, 2023
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August 31, 2023 1:08 a.m.
Utilities: Fire prevention requires close attention to conditions
The interaction of electrical lines and the landscape around them, especially trees, often ends badly; it can cause power outages any time of year, but in the summer in particular, it can cause fires. Keeping fires from happening requires close attention to power lines and the areas around them, and that’s not just a summer job.