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Michael McGough

More Northern California victims who lost homes in Mill fire sue lumber mill owner

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Another lawsuit has been filed against the company that owns a Northern California lumber mill linked to a deadly wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in Siskiyou County this summer.

A complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court alleges that Roseburg Forest Products Co. conducted operations at its mill “in a reckless manner that they knew or should have known caused an unreasonable risk of catastrophic fire.”

The lawsuit, filed Nov. 18 by attorneys with the law firm Parkinson Benson Potter on behalf of eight plaintiffs, accuses Roseburg of numerous transgressions including negligence as well as health and safety violations.

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