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June 17, 2020

Utility Firm PG&E Confesses to Killing 84 People for Starting Devastating 2018 California Fire
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The California utility company PG&E has confessed to killing 84 people
as it pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges over its role
in starting devastating fires in Northern California in 2018. The fires
destroyed 18,000 structures. Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey
described the plea deal as unprecedented.

Mike Ramsey: "Those of you that were over in our North County Court
today saw something in unprecedented nature: a major United States
corporation pleading guilty to 85 felony counts, 84 of which were
homicide counts - in other words, killing 84 Butte County citizens."



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