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Michael McGough

Lumber company settles lawsuits from Mill fire that devastated Northern Californian town

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Oregon wood products manufacturer that operates a Northern California lumber mill linked to September’s deadly Mill fire has reached settlement agreements with most of those who brought claims against the company, attorneys for the company and for fire victims said Tuesday.

Roseburg Forest Products Co. in a news release said it has agreed in principle with four law firms representing the “majority of claims to settle the families’ property losses, personal injuries and wrongful death claims arising from the Sept. 2 Mill fire.”

The terms and amounts of the settlements will remain confidential.

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