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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. ....

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Fire prevention requires close and careful attention to conditions, utilities say

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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