The devastating wildfire that killed four people and destroyed more than 1,300 homes in Lake County last year was caused by faulty electrical wiring rigged for a hot tub, authorities said Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO — A California blaze that killed four people and cost nearly $57 million to extinguish was started by faulty hot tub wiring at a home, authorities said. The so-called Valley Fire raged ...

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Aug. 11--One of the worst wildfires in California history was blamed on a homeowner's poorly rigged electrical connection to a hot tub Wednesday. The homeowner, John Pinch, acknowledged to ...