Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will not face criminal charges for its role in the Northern California wildfires that killed more than 40 people in October 2017, authorities said.
A firefighter burns vegetation to prevent flames from crossing Highway 29 in October 2017. that killed more than 40 people in October 2017, authorities said.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection determined that the utility’s equipment caused many of the massive wine country wildfires and referred the cases to prosecutors in each county. Prosecutors said they would have had to prove that the utility acted with criminal negligence in failing to remove dead and dying trees, which would have been particularly difficult because physical evidence in the case was burned in the fires, the statement said.
One lawsuit points to a small metal hook on an electrical transmission tower as the cause in the Camp fire, which killed 86 people and displaced up to 50,000 more in Butte County. When the hook failed, the suit alleges, an uninsulated wire touched the tower, caused sparks and ignited the blaze.
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