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California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, was directly responsible for igniting the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history

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Wednesday. The finding opens up the door for the utility to be on the hook for more than $10 billion in damages and even possible criminal charges.State investigators concluded that electrical transmission lines owned and operated by PG&E were the cause of the deadly Camp Fire in November 2018.

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