PG&E under investigation over alleged role in California wildfire

PG&E Corp.'s potential role in starting California's largest wildfire was under investigation by federal regulators.

The US Fire Service removed one of the utility s transmission poles and attached equipment on Sept. 24 from the site in Placer County, where the Mosquito fire started, according to a filing by PG&E.

The company has been facing a lawsuit last week over the fire, which charred almost 77,000 acres and destroyed 78 structures since it began in the drought-parched Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento. The fire was 60% contained as of Sunday.

PG&E, the state's largest utility, had already notified regulators of a power-line failure around the time the fire reportedly started on Sept. 6.

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