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The Lawsuit Alleges Pacific Core Ignored Warnings and Kept Electrical Equipment Charged Through Densely Wooded Areas
The main complaint in the lawsuit revolves around whether Pacific or turned off its electric lines and equipment in areas Extreme risks for wildfire on Labor Day weekend, which was in 2020. It says hours before the September 7th weather event State officials said that they directly warned Pacific core and other power providers to de-energize some of their lines. The causes of these wildfires will be a central debate during the trial people whose homes burned. Court records show jurors in the case are likely to see a wide array of evidence from internal communications among Pacific core staff To photographs and testimony from fire experts attorneys for the plaintiffs have also accused Pacific core of collecting equipment and vegetation in the days and weeks after the fires to
