A VFD chief's testimony highlighted a key aspect of the defense Pacific Power’s corporate owners, PacifiCorp, expect to lay out in the coming weeks of the lawsuit's trial: Most of the wildfires in the Santiam Canyon started not from their powerlines, but from embers of the Beachie Creek Fire and Chief Ohrt and others blame the Forest Service. Even in places where powerlines did start fires, PacifiCorp’s attorneys contend that people fighting those fires quickly got them under control.
The defense follows several weeks of plaintiffs' attorneys alleging that PacifiCorp acted negligently by keeping its lines energized during the Labor Day fires.
The defense follows several weeks of plaintiffs' attorneys alleging that PacifiCorp acted negligently by keeping its lines energized during the Labor Day fires.
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