utility pole
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In the notice, the commission said PG&E didn’t report the fire until two days after it broke out, and that it destroyed a utility pole and other equipment before investigators could examine them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
He headed from the Palisades fire to Eaton Canyon around 6:45 p.m. after being briefly stranded on the ember-filled Pacific Coast Highway due to a flat tire from a fallen utility pole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
The crash at about 8 p.m. on April 18 had severed a utility pole.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
After a utility pole fell and ignited a wildfire, Frank King and his family raced to escape as electrical transformers exploded around their homes near Oregon’s coast.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
She alighted on a utility pole that held a transformer.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
