PG&E Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for Sparking California’s Deadliest Fire

Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch March 24 2020

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter for sparking the state’s deadliest wildfire, the company announced Monday.

The announcement comes a little less than a year after an investigation confirmed that power lines owned by the utility sparked the Camp Fire, which burned 153,336 acres, killed 85 people and scorched the town of Paradise.

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