Prosecutors said they had pursued a civil action against PG&E to gain more benefits for victims than criminal prosecution would have allowed.
The Dixie fire in Lassen National Forest in California burned over 963,000 acres across five counties. Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday agreed to pay $55 million in penalties and costs to settle civil cases brought by prosecutors over wildfires across six Northern California counties.
Prosecutors said they had pursued a civil action against PG&E to gain more benefits for victims than criminal prosecution would have allowed. The maximum criminal fines in the Dixie fire — which burned 963,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,300 buildings across Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta and Tehama counties — were $329,417.
Investigators determined that a tree came into contact with PG&E’s power lines near the Cresta Dam, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, sparking the fire.
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