Beneath the smoke: Understanding the public health impacts of the Los Angeles urban wildfires.

19 Between 2016 and 2020, power lines caused six of California’s 20 most destructive wildfires, 20 and we recently found an increasing trend in power outages co-occurring with wildfires in California. 21 Utility companies have begun to employ Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), temporarily turning off power to specific areas to reduce the risk of electric infrastructure igniting wildfires or worsening those already burning.

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