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PG&E TO FACE MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL OVER DEADLY CALIFORNIA FIRE

February 3, 2023
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REDDING, Calif. (AP) — andwill face trial for manslaughter over its role in a
2020 wildfire in Northern California that killed four people, a judge ruled
Wednesday.

The judge in Shasta County ruled after a preliminary hearing that there was
enough evidence for the nation’s largest utility to face trial on 11 felony and
misdemeanor charges, including involuntary manslaughter and recklessly starting
a fire.



Twenty other charges were dismissed.

The company, which is the nation’s largest utility, pleaded not guilty to the
charges last June and was scheduled for arraignment on Feb. 15.

In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, a house burns on Platina Road at the Zogg
Fire near Ono, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

The Zogg Fire that began in September 2020 tore through the forested county
south of the Oregon border. The blaze burned 88 square miles (228 square
kilometers) of land and destroyed more than 200 homes before it was brought
under control.

Four people died, including an 8-year-old girl and her mother who were caught by
the flames while trying to drive away from their home.

State fire officials said the fire began when a pine tree fell into a PG&E
distribution line. The California Public Utilities Commission last year proposed
fining PG&E more than $155 million, saying it had failed to take down the tree,
one of two that had been marked for removal.

Company executives do not face criminal charges, while the company could be
fined and ordered to take corrective measures.



In a statement, PG&E said the loss of life was tragic and while it accepts the
conclusion its equipment caused the blaze, “we believe PG&E did not commit any
crimes.”

“We continue our work to make it safe and make it right, both by resolving
claims from past fires and through our work to make our system safer every day,”
the utility said.

PG&E has an estimated 16 million customers in central and Northern California.
The company has been blamed for starting some of California’s worst wildfires
through neglect of its aging power grid.

All told, PG&E has been blamed for more than 30 wildfires since 2017 that wiped
out more than 23,000 homes and businesses and killed more than 100 people.

Last year, former executives and directors agreed to pay $117 million to settle
a lawsuit over 2017 and 2018 California wildfires, including the 2018 Camp Fire,
which killed 85 people and destroyed much of the town of Paradise in Butte
County.

The complaint was an offshoot of a $13.5 billion settlement that PG&E reached
with wildfire victims while the utility was mired in bankruptcy from January
2019 through June 2020.

PG&E pleaded guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter for causing
the Camp Fire and was fined $4 million, the maximum penalty allowed.

Also last year, PG&E agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal
prosecution in a settlement with prosecutors in six counties ravaged by the 2021
Dixie Fire and the 2019 Kincade Fire.

The Dixie Fire burned more than 1,300 homes and other buildings. The blaze was
caused by a tree hitting electrical distribution lines west of a dam in the
Sierra Nevada.

Top photo: In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, a house burns on Platina Road at
the Zogg Fire near Ono, Calif. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric on Thursday, June 9,
2022, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces
after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire in 2020 that killed
four people and destroyed hundreds of homes. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

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