California’s Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire
Posted on AllSides April 6th, 2021
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A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire officials blamed on the utility.
The Sonoma County district attorney charged the utility with felony and misdemeanor counts in the October 2019 Kincade Fire north of San Francisco. The blaze burned more than 120 square miles and destroyed 374 buildings.
The utility did not immediately comment.
The 33 charges include recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury to six firefighters.
Fire officials said PG&E transmission lines sparked the fire, which...
