Sonoma County files criminal charges against PG&E over 2019 Kincade Fire

by Chris Treadway, Bay City News April 9, 2021April 7, 2021

The Soda Rock Winery near Healdsburg lies in ruins on Nov. 2, 2019, following the Kincade wildfire that devastated 78,000 acres over the course of 15 days. The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office has filed criminal charges against PG&E, whose equipment failure triggered the blaze. (Photo by Mark Gunn/Flickr)

Criminal charges have been filed against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company over the company’s role in the 2019 Kincade Fire, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced Tuesday.

A criminal complaint filed in Sonoma County Superior Court “alleges that PG&E recklessly caused the fire that started on the night of Oct. 23, 2019, at the Geysers Geothermal Field northeast of Geyserville,” the District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.

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