A PG&E fire lawsuit was recently lodged against the California electric company alleging malfeasance in connection with the most recent campfire. Plaintiffs Angela L. and Brandon F. initiated the PG&E fire lawsuit individually and on behalf of someone who died.

When a fire starts and spreads through a dry area, such as in the devastating Camp Fire, it can cause significant property damage in a short amount of time. According to the lawsuit, Pacific Gas and Electric was responsible for the damage and the plaintiffs want to hold the electric company responsible.

Unfortunately, electric companies might not keep up with regular maintenance schedules that would alert them to problems with their equipment. If this maintenance doesn’t occur, or fails to consider all possible issues, a spark can ignite a significant fire like the Camp Fire one that recently happened in California. Families are now looking at the electric company and asking that company to accept responsibility for what property owners claim are their issues.

The Camp Fire occurred in November 2018 and has gone on record as the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California’s modern history. According to the PG&E fire lawsuit, the Camp Fire blaze affected more than 150,000 acres across several counties destroying businesses, lives, and homes. As people struggle to put things back together and attempt to recoup their losses, they are looking to the electric company to accept responsibility.

The Camp Fire began shortly before sunrise on Nov. 8 in Pulka, Calif. and rapidly spread west. As explained in the PG&E fire lawsuit, the Camp Fire blaze destroyed approximately 14,000 homes in addition to hundreds of commercial buildings and all of the materials inside of them.

One of the victims of the Camp Fire tragedy, which prompted the PG&E fire lawsuit was the deceased individual named in this lawsuit. The Camp Fire destroyed his personal and real property and also claimed his life as he attempted to avoid the fire’s path.

The PG&E fire lawsuit says that the Camp Fire was started by unsafe and poorly maintained electrical infrastructure that was operated, owned, and supposed to be maintained by PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

The lawsuit contends that PG&E had a responsibility to maintain its electrical infrastructure to ensure safe and appropriate operation through regular maintenance, repairs and replacements of any transformers, insulators, power lines, polls, conductors, and other electrical equipment.

The catastrophic damage connected to the Camp Fire and the loss of the deceased individual, according to the plaintiffs, were completely preventable and that PG&E should be held accountable for the injuries and damage they caused. The lawsuit alleges that the electrical company has been sanctioned numerous times for nearly identical conduct and that the Camp Fire is only the most recent occurrence of PG&E’s improper conduct.

The PG&E Fire Lawsuit is Case No. CGC-18-527078 in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.