PG&E will also pay a maximum $3.5 million fine and an extra $500,000 to cover the cost of the investigation.
guilty on Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter for its role in sparking the devastating 2018 Northern California Camp Fire that killed 84 people, resolving the criminal investigation into the fire as PG&E faces declining public confidence, bankruptcy and scrutiny from state officials.... [+]The company pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting a fire,PG&E will pay a maximum $3.
Since the guilty plea was entered on behalf of the company itself, no executive will be charged with a crime and no one will serve prison time for the fire,PG&E for putting profits over safety by neglecting upgrades and maintenance of its aging equipment for years leading up to the fire. The blaze destroyed more than 18,000 buildings, killed 84 people and reduced nearly the entire town of Paradise, California to ashes.“Our equipment started that fire,“ said CEO Bill Johnson said during the hearing where he entered the guilty pleas, according to thePG&E equipment has led to more than 1,500 fires throughout California since 2014, according to the
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PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for 2018 Northern California fireThe nation&39;s biggest utility acknowledged its neglected equipment set off the fire that destroyed most of the Northern California town of Paradise.
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PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for 2018 Northern California fireThe nation's biggest utility acknowledged its neglected equipment set off the fire that destroyed most of the Northern California town of Paradise.
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PG&E pleads guilty to 84 deaths from 2018 Northern California wildfirePacific Gas & Electric has confessed to killing 84 people in a devastating 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise in November 2018.
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