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April 29, 2016

California seeks $90M from utility over deadly wildfire

  • Cal Fire blamed the utility and its contractors for a tree that touched a power line, sparking a 2015 fire that caused about $300 million in insured losses.
    • By JANIE HAR
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — California officials say they will seek more than $90 million in firefighting costs from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. after finding that a deadly 2015 fire was sparked by a tree that came into contact with a power line.

    The amount is the largest recovery sought by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which released a report Thursday detailing the cause of the fire that scorched remote Calaveras and Amador counties, about 125 miles east of San Francisco.


     
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