At a Glance

Problems at a transmission tower near where the Camp Fire started had been suspected in the fire.On Thursday, the utility said it's probable that equipment will be determined to be an ignition point.The company, which has filed for bankruptcy, says it faces $30 billion in liabilities for fires in 2018 and 2017.

Pacific Gas & Electric said Thursday that it is “probable” its equipment caused last year’s Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in California’s history.

The November wildfire in Butte County killed 85 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Paradise, California, as it burned nearly 240 square miles.

PG&E, which has filed for bankruptcy because of the fire, had in the area where the Camp Fire is thought to have started.

The cause of the wildfire has not been determined, but the utility on Thursday said in a news release, " will be determined to be an ignition point of the 2018 Camp Fire."

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The acknowledgement was contained in a PG&E financial report released Thursday.

PG&E said in the news release that problems at a 115-kilovolt transmission line tower northeast of Paradise was the probable cause of the fire.

Investigators have determined that PG&E caused 18 wildfires in 2017. The utility in those fires.

PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 29 because of losses from the Camp Fire. Chapter 11 allows the company to continue to operate while it comes up with a plan to pay its debts. The company said it lost $6.9 billion in 2018.

At least against the utility because of the fire, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The company has estimated its potential liabilities from fires in 2017 and 2018 at $30 billion.

California officials have raised the idea of forcing PG&E to sell some of its operations , the Sacramento Bee reported. There's a possibility the state could also take over the struggling utility.

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PG&E said it has completed enhanced inspections on two-thirds of its 5,500 miles of transmission lines and 50,000 transmission structures in high fire-threat areas.

The company has also asked the California Public Utilities Commission for to any of the 5.4 million customers in its system should the wildfire threat become critical.

Last month, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he was considering 106,000 miles of its electrical grid.

Alsup ruled that PG&E's response to a 2017 wildfire violated probation terms included in its felony conviction for a deadly 2010 natural pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb.