PG&E pleads not guilty in deadly 2020 California wildfire

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A California utility company has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its equipment was blamed for starting a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes in 2020.

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, a house burns on Platina Road at the Zogg Fire near Ono, Calif. Pacific Gas & 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.

Last year, state fire investigators concluded the fire was sparked by a gray pine tree that fell onto a PG &E failed to remove the tree even though it had been marked for removal two years earlier. The utility says the tree was subsequently cleared to stay. “Today we entered a formal not guilty plea to all charges in the 2020 Zogg Fire in Shasta County,” the company said in a statement. “We accept CAL FIRE’s finding that a tree falling into our equipment started the fire, but we do not believe there was any criminal activity.”&E faces include enhancements for injury to a 29-year-old firefighter who was hit by a falling tree that fractured his spine, paralyzing him from the chest down.

 

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Funny they were sued and lost a couple years ago for the same thing

Amazing what they get away with. They were the focus of the movie Erin Brockovich back in the 90's Wonder who they are paying off.

CorpoDem Gavin Newsome got 4 MORE ppl killed for a campaign donation CapitalismIsKillingYOU

And yet a friend of mine who lives there called them tonight about the high winds and to shut the power off. 'We are monitoring it' and the lines went down. Luckily a fire didn't start again.

See how the Modi government is tearing down the houses of Muslims in India.

Liberals missmanage the forest and then try to blame the power company because the overgrowth of the forest catches fire in storms!

They are not guilty, it’s kaliforinas policies that are the problem, report facts ‼️

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