Utility Worker Killed near Northern California Wildfire
CLEARLAKE, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a utility worker has been killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews continue to battle multiple blazes that have forced more evacuations.
Pacific Gas and Electric spokeswoman Melissa Subbotin says the worker sustained fatal injuries in a vehicle-related accident Saturday on the western edge of the Carr fire in Shasta County.
She says Jairus Ayeta, who was in his 20s, worked as an apprentice lineman for PG&E.
Ayeta is the seventh person t
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