WASHINGTON
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced Monday it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for each of the confirmed fatalities caused by California’s Camp Fire, the state’s most destructive wildfire.
The utility company said it will also plead guilty to one count of unlawfully starting a fire.
As part of its plea deal PG&E will pay $4 million in fines, and has agreed to restore water to residents whose access was lost when the Camp Fire destroyed a nearby canal, the company said in a statement.
California officials have determined the Camp Fire, which killed 84 people
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