A couple whose Coffey Park home burned down in the deadly North Bay fires said Wednesday they filed the first lawsuit alleging PG&E is responsible for their loss to find out the truth about what happened.
The suit, filed by Wayne and Jennifer Harvell late Tuesday, comes as PG&E acknowledged Monday it told regulators about eight equipment failures related to the North Bay fires. The blazes have destroyed nearly 5,000 homes and claimed 42 lives.
“For us, it’s about getting to the truth of what happened,” Jennifer Harvell, 54, told reporters outside the San Francisco civil courthouse.
“If there is some responsibility to be borne by PG&E, or whoever, we need to find out,” Harvell’s husband, 58, added.