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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. faces a second lawsuit in connection with a wildfire that destroyed homes and forced thousands in Placer and El Dorado counties to evacuate. The lawsuit, filed by Frantz Law Group, is on behalf of residents who suffered property losses and damages due to the Mosquito Fire.
The first lawsuit alleged that PG&E’s “poorly maintained utility infrastructure” is responsible for starting the Mosquito Fire. The wildfire has burned 76,788 acres, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Cal Fire said 78 structures were destroyed and 13 more damaged.
It’s still unclear how the Mosquito Fire started. However, PG&E filed a report with the state’s public utility commission for a pole near where the fire started.