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Feb. 3, 2023

PG&E to stand trial over Zogg Fire

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be arraigned Feb. 15 on four counts of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of recklessly starting a fire. The utility insists it has committed no crimes.

PG&E to stand trial over Zogg Fire
Smoke from wildfires wrap Mount Shasta in 2020, as viewed from a commercial flight. New York Times News Service

PG&E to stand trial over Zogg Fire

After a seven day preliminary hearing, a Shasta County Superior Court judge ordered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to stand trial on manslaughter and other criminal charges related to the 2020 Zogg fire.

The utility has denied it committed any crimes, stating it accepts the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s determination that a tree falling into a power line caus...

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