SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two weeks after the McKinney fire destroyed more than 100 homes in Siskiyou County, five homeowners sued electric utility PacifiCorp on Tuesday, saying the company’s equipment sparked the deadly fire.
In a lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court, the homeowners accused PacifiCorp of “negligently, recklessly, and willfully” failing to operate its power equipment safely.
The worst wildfire of the season so far in California, McKinney erupted in the Klamath National Forest on July 29 and killed four people in the remote community of Klamath River. Among the dead was a veteran Forest Service fire lookout who perished in her home. Cal Fire said 185 homes and other buildings were destroyed.
