[ethanwillis]

The reason it "some sparks" caused such huge destruction is because PG&E was also not maintaining the brush underneath their towers. All they were doing was literally fanning the flames by flying over it with a helicopter.

[NavinF]

> literally fanning the flames by flying over it with a helicopter.

That's a hilarious image, but I doubt that literally happened

[ethanwillis]

It was just a little flare to add to the comment :) But I guess a lot of people took that part far more seriously than the first part.