PG&E’s Record in Wildfires
Trauner Fire:
Wildfire that swept through 500 acres of land in Western Nevada County. The fire reached the town limits and destroyed 12 homes and 22 other structures, including a schoolhouse in 1994.
A jury convicted PG&E of 739 counts of criminal negligence for failing to trim trees near its power lines — the largest criminal conviction in history against the state’s largest utility.
San Bruno Pipeline Explosion:
Natural gas pipeline that exploded and released a fireball that killed eight people and devastated the residential community of San Bruno, California in 2010.
PG&E was fined $1.6 billion by Public Utility Commission for causing the explosion (the largest such punishment ever levied on an American public utility)
PG&E was criminally convicted on charges of violating federal pipeline safety regulations and obstructing an official National Transportation Safety Board probe into the blast.
Butte Fire:
2015 wildfire that ignited when a tree came in contact with a power line, ultimately destroying more than 70,000 in Calaveras County destroying 921 structures
PG&E fined $8.3 million by Public Utilities Commission
Just like in these previous examples, our lawsuits allege that PG&E was negligent in failing to inspect and maintain its infrastructure and clear vegetation from power lines, which ultimately caused the 19 separate fires to ignite in one night throughout Northern California.
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