PG&E Ordered to Stand Trial for Deadly 2020 Zogg Wildfire

PG&E Corp., which was driven into bankruptcy four years ago for causing a string of deadly wildfires, has been ordered by a California state judge to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and other charges tied to the Zogg wildfire in 2020.

The judge found that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence during a seven-day preliminary hearing to take California’s biggest utility to trial over the blaze, which burned more than 200 structures and over 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Shasta and Tehama counties, according to a spokesperson for the Shasta County District Attorney.

Firefighters battle the Zogg fire near the town of Igo in Shasta County, on Sept. 27, 2020.

Photographer: Go Nakamura/Bloomberg

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