PG&E charged with manslaughter in 2020 wildfire near Redding that killed 4
PG&E charged with manslaughter in 2020 wildfire near Redding that killed 4
REDDING — Pacific Gas and Electric was charged Friday with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes, prosecutors said.
It is the latest action against the nation’s largest utility, which pleaded guilty last year to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a 2018 blaze ignited by its…