Climate Changed
PG&E May Face Criminal Charges After Probe of Deadly Wildfires
- State has evidence of alleged violations in eight blazes
- PG&E faces billions in potential liabilities from wildfire
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Late Friday, California confirmed what many across the state’s devastated wine country had suspected for months: Equipment owned by utility giant PG&E Corp. ignited some of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires that tore through their homes in October.
The most unexpected and crucial part of the findings, though, was at the very bottom of California’s end-of-day statement: The state had found evidence of alleged violations of law by PG&E in connection with eight of the blazes.