7-11-2021 Beatty, Or Bootleg Fire cripples Intertie Power Tranmission system- grows to 180k acres

***NOT FOR BROADCAST*** Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license. brett@ The countries largest wildfire, the Bootleg Fire is approaching 200,000 acres with 0% contained is putting stress on California’s power grib during a major heat wave. The fire has caused power interuptions to the California-Oregon Intertie transmission system. California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, issues a Flex Alert and signed an executive order and is asking the people of California to conserve power. Drone shots of the Intertie Transmission lines just inside the California border near Copic, Ca. Shots of the wildfire burning trees on the side of the road just North of Beatty, Oregon. A piece of heavy machinery that was burned by the fire.