Shares of electricity provider PG&E plunge as wildfires ravage California

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Saham PG&E terjun langkung ti 12 persén dina dinten Jumaah nalika seuneu liar terus ngamuk di California.

The decline put the stock on pace for its worst day since Dec. 21, 2017, when it dropped nearly 13 percent. PG&E is the parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric, which has 16 million customers in California.

PG&E, in the past year, has been blamed for several destructive wildfires in Northern California. Authorities are currently investigating the cause of the so-called Camp fire in Butte County, about 80 miles north of Sacramento.

Mark Ghilarducci, diréktur Kantor Layanan Darurat California, nyatakeun dina pengarahan pers Jumaah yén kahuruan Butte County parantos "seuneu anu nangtang pisan sareng nyababkeun karugian anu signifikan sareng bencana," khususna pikeun komunitas Paradise anu aya di luar Chico. .

"Gedéna karuksakan téh heartbreaking," ceuk Ghilarducci. "Kami terang aya tatu sareng aya korban jiwa. Kami masih ngitung éta sareng damel sareng otoritas lokal urang.

California gaduh sajarah saluran listrik atanapi alat-alat anu lepat sakapeung nyababkeun seuneu liar, sareng agénsi seuneu nagara nembé nyalahkeun PG&E sahenteuna sahenteuna 16 taun ka tukang di California Kalér, kalebet sababaraha anu maot.

Puluhan rébu imah narima pesenan évakuasi. Aya ampir 2,000 awak seuneu battling kahuruan jeung requests pikeun bantuan tambahan dikirim kaluar ka nagara Kulon séjén, kaasup Nevada jeung Oregon.

turunna Jumaah urang musnah kaluar gains PG & E pikeun taun. Sateuacan sési Jumaah, saham naék langkung ti 6.5 persen. Pausahaan henteu langsung uih deui telepon pikeun koméntar.

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