Xcel says its equipment may have sparked historic Texas wildfire

Committee finds decayed, broken utility pole that caused largest ...

A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state's largest wildfire in history.

Texas wildfires were ignited by power lines, investigators say - WZDX

The utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its equipment appeared to have played a role in igniting the Smokehouse Creek fire, though ...

Decayed power pole sparked the largest wildfire in state history ...

LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state's largest ...

Xcel Energy shuts down power for 55,000 as precaution amid strong ...

Police in 2023 linked Xcel Energy's power lines to one of two fires investigators said ... Representatives for Xcel dispute that its equipment ...

Climate change and old power lines increase wildfire risk - NPR

That's what Texas state investigators now say appears to have fallen and caused the largest wildfire in the state's history. The electric ...

Massive Texas wildfires traced to power line ignition - NewsCenter1

The utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its equipment appeared to have played a role in igniting the Smokehouse Creek fire, though ...

Xcel Energy says it needs $1.9 billion to prevent future wildfires

In February, Xcel Energy acknowledged that its equipment likely started the Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle. The 1.2 million-acre ...

Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history and ... - WKRG

Utility provider Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked the Smokehouse Creek fire. The Minnesota-based company said in the ...

Investigators say utility company to blame for state's largest wildfire ...

The largest wildfire in the history of Texas, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, was attributed to power lines owned by Xcel Energy.

Utility company admits role in igniting Texas wildfires - Chron

... its equipment played a role in igniting the largest fire in Texas history ... On Thursday, Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked ...

Investigation shows power lines ignited largest wildfire in Texas history

Utility provider Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked the Smokehouse Creek fire. The Minnesota-based company said in the ...

Xcel Says Its Equipment Likely Helped Start Texas Fire | T&D World

Xcel Energy Inc. officials on March 7 said it appears that some of its assets “appear to have been involved” in the start of the Smokehouse ...

Lawsuit alleges Xcel Energy power equipment was ... - YouTube

A woman who lost her home in Texas' Smokehouse Creek fire has filed a lawsuit alleging that Xcel Energy is responsible for starting the fire ...

Unregulated oilfield power lines are suspected of sparking Texas ...

Electric lines for oilfield equipment were blamed for at least two of them, state records show. The disaster revealed the danger of what are ...

Worst Texas wildfire in history wipes out ranches and cattle

Meanwhile, utility owner Xcel Energy Inc.'s stock plummeted after it disclosed a law firm said it might be responsible for damages. The largest ...

Power lines ignited largest wildfires in Texas history that killed two

Utility provider Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked the Smokehouse Creek fire. The Minnesota-based company said in the ...

Broken power pole and downed wires caused largest fire in Texas ...

Utility company Xcel Energy said Thursday that “its facilities appear to have been involved in an ignition of the Smokehouse Creek fire,” but it ...

U.S. power company admits it might have started huge Texas fire

A U.S. power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas' history.Xcel -- the parent of ...

Power Lines Ignited the Largest Wildfire in Texas History, Officials Say

While Xcel Energy said in its Thursday news release that its equipment appeared to have played a role in igniting the Smokehouse Creek fire, it ...

Xcel Energy proposes $1.9B wildfire mitigation plan in Colorado as ...

Xcel has been named in almost 300 lawsuits in Colorado alleging its power lines helped spark the Marshall fire which started in 2021 and caused ...