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May 17, 2017

Relatives sue utility for fatal fire in Oakland warehouse

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Relatives of 18 of the 36 people who died in Oakland's “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire added California's Pacific Gas & Electric utility on Tuesday as a defendant in their wrongful death lawsuits. They claimed the company should have known the warehouse's electrical hookups were hazardous and illegally installed.

Authorities have not disclosed what caused the Dec. 2 fire but have said they are investigating electrical causes. PG&E was added as a defendant to a “master complaint” lawsuit that combined the 18 separate lawsuits into one, lawyers for those relatives said.


 
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