The daughter of a 76-year-old man killed last month by one of California's deadliest wildfires this year sued a public utility Monday, alleging its electrical equipment sparked the blaze.
The lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of Theresa Cogan claims the McKinney Fire started when PacifiCorp's"utility infrastructure contacted, or caused sparks to contact, vegetation surrounding the equipment" on July 29 in Siskyou County near the Oregon border.
Five days after the fire started, PacifiCorp filed paperwork with the California Public Utilities Commission indicating there was an event related to its electrical equipment at about the time flames broke out. The company made the filing"out of an abundance of caution," according CPUC records. Theresa Cogan's father, John Cogan, died in the fire, along with his neighbors Kathleen Shoopman, 73, Charles Kays, 79, and Judith Kays, 82.DNA and dental analysis were used to identify the four Klamath River residents, the Siskyou County Sheriff's Office said last week.
Last week, a group of residents and business owners in the remote region filed a separate but similar lawsuit against PacificCorp, also blaming the utility's equipment for sparking the fire.
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