Nice theory but I don’t buy it.
PG&E being short sighted in the maintenance department makes some sense but that has yet to be proven.
Most fires are the results of lightning strikes in dry area combined with the wind.
The solution is proper forest management. Clearing under brush, controlled burns, more fire breaks and roads to reach into the forest.
But my original comments were directed at the idea that someone set the fires to make way for the high speed train. I don’t for a minute believe that for the simple reason the high speed train will never get built. It is nothing more than a wealth transfer scheme to transfer money from the taxpayers to friends of the Democrats.
Your assertion that lightning causes most fires is patently incorrect - at least in California. Overwhelmingly it is electrical followed by human caused and lightning is way down the list.