KGO and KSFO both discussed the fires in their news updates, providing details about the arson in each case. In the "camp" fire, there were thousands of bullet casings at the base of pg&e equipment. This vandalism has been happening all throughout the bay area. Linemen I spoke with said they believed it was a former pg&e employee, but that is just their opinion.
A similar vandalism occurred at a couple sub-stations, again with thousands of bullet casings found at the site. There was no vegetation, but the shooter knew which oil coolers to take out to destroy the sub-station. They also knew how to cut communication back to pg&e so they would not get the heat alarm.
The Napa fire was also believe to be arson. AFAIK, they caught 3 of the guys driving down to San Diego, but that went quiet really fast. I assumed they were trying to avoid copy-cat crimes.
For the news reporters on this thread, please consider calling KGO and KSFO to ask what information they have.
A similar vandalism occurred at a couple sub-stations, again with thousands of bullet casings found at the site. There was no vegetation, but the shooter knew which oil coolers to take out to destroy the sub-station. They also knew how to cut communication back to pg&e so they would not get the heat alarm.
The Napa fire was also believe to be arson. AFAIK, they caught 3 of the guys driving down to San Diego, but that went quiet really fast. I assumed they were trying to avoid copy-cat crimes.
For the news reporters on this thread, please consider calling KGO and KSFO to ask what information they have.