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Electrical power line towers are seen in Los Angeles, California, August 19, 2020 during a triple-digit heatwave gripping the area.
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Fearing the threat of wildfires to transmission lines amid a sweltering heatwave, California electricity grid operators issued a call to the public to conserve energy from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday to prevent rolling blackouts statewide.
With temperatures rising across the state s inland regions, California s electric grid netted a new threat Friday night as southern Oregon s Bootleg wildfire doubled in size to nearly 76,000 acres, encroaching dangerously close to transmission lines used to import electricity from other states to California.