Fire prevention requires close and careful attention to conditions, utilities say
Kootenai Electric Cooperative crews work on a power line. Line maintenance plays a key role in mitigating the risk of electrical line fires. (Kootenai Electric Cooperative photo)
COEUR D’ALENE — 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...
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