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Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Aug. 10, 2021

Judge who called PG&E a ‘terror’ now wants answers about latest wildfires

The fires have destroyed the town of Greenville and had grown to an 765 square miles as of Sunday evening.

The federal judge in San Francisco overseeing wildfire litigation against PG&E Co. has asked the utility’s attorneys more questions about the start of the Dixie Fire, the ongoing Plumas County blaze that is now the second largest fire in California history.

In a Friday night filing, U.S. District Judge William Alsup also asked PG&E to “explain its role in the ignition of the Fly Fire, which has now merged with the Dixie Fire.” U.S. ...

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