VIDEO: A Shasta County judge has dismissed all criminal charges against Pacific Gas & Electric for its role in the Zogg Fire.
The Zogg Fire broke out in 2020, killing four people and burning more than 56,000 acres in Shasta County. It was caused by a tree falling on a PG&E distribution line, according to Cal Fire.
Today’s ruling comes after a tentative court order that found no evidence that multiple inspections of the area fell below industry standards.
"The People have failed to identify a standard of care other than that established in the IMA Manual and have failed to establish that any of the various inspections failed to abide by the standard. The People's argument here relies almost exclusively on facts learned about the tree after the fact and the fire resulting from the power lines being dropped due to the fall of the tree," read the judge's tentative court order previous to Wednesday's court hearing.