james engel:"well that's not my call to make. case of those particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney. if there is violation of the law.it's actually been going on now for years.19-94, 99, 2004.the whiskey fire in 2008.the deadly butte fire in 2015.fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. john fiske:"you see a pattern and practice that pg&e is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent these utility caused wildfires."attorney john fiske has built a practice suing power companies and specifically p-g-and-e for causing fires that are destroying californians' lives. he's doing it he says because the state of california won't. john fiske:"and if you had a company that was out in the atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kind of continued to let it start hurricanes again you'd consider that behavior to be almost sociopathic because people's lives are absol

james engel:"well that's not my call to make.ar fires, they were referred to the district attorney. if there is violation of the law.it's actually been going on now for years.19-94, 99, 2004.now for years.19-94, 99, 2004.the whiskey fire in 2008.the deadly butte fire in 2015.fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. john fiske:"you see a pattern and practice that pg&e is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent these utility caused wildfires."attorney john fiske has built a practice suing power companies and specifically p-g-and-e for causing fires that are destroying californians' lives. he's doing it he says because the state of california won't. john fiske:"and if you had a company that was out in the atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kind of continued to let it start hurricanes again you'd consider that behavior to be almost sociopathic because people's lives ar

james engel:"well that's not my call to make.ose particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney. if there is violation of the law.it's actually been going on now for years.19-94, 99, 2004.the whiskey fire in 2008.the deadly butte fire in 2015.fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. john fiske:"you see a pattern and practice that pg&e is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent these utility caused wildfires."attorney john fiske has built a practice suing power companies and specifically p-g-and-e for causing fires that are destroying californians' lives. he's doing it he says because the state of california won't. john fiske:"and if you had a company that was out in the atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kind of continued to let it start hurricanes again you'd consider that behavior to be almost sociopathic because people's lives are absolutely devas

james engel over sesees fire investigations? >> is pg & e to blame? >> that's not my call to make. of those particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney if there are violations of law. >> reporter: it actually has been going on for years. 1994, '99, 2004, the whisky fire in 2008, the deadly butte fire in 2015. fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. >> you see a pattern in practice that pg & e is not willing to step up to the plate and do what it needs to do to prevent the utility-caused wildfires. >> and john frisk is suing the power companies for causing fires destroying californians' lies. he is doing it because the state of california won't. >> if you had a company out in the atlantic and it kept starting hurricanes and the government just kept continuing to let it start hurricanes, you would consider that behavior to be sociopathic because peoples' lives are devastated. >> reporter: just last month the president of california's public utilities commission a

james engel oversees fire investigations for cal fire. is pg&e doing enough in your mind? particular fires, they were referred to the district attorney and if there's violations of law. >> reporter: it's been going on for years. 1994, '99, 2004, the whiskey fire in 2008, the deadly butte fire in 2015. fire after fire that investigators found were caused by a power company failing to follow state regulations to trim trees or maintain equipment. >> you see a pattern and practice that pg&e is not willing to step up to the plate to do what it needs to do to prevent these utility-caused wildfires. >> reporter: attorney general john fiske has built a practice on suing these companies. he is doing it, he says, because the state of california won't. >> if in your opinion the atlantic and it started hurricanes and the government let it start hurricanes, you'd consider it sociopathic. >> reporter: there was a gas explosion and they were found guilty of an explosion. then saying that pg&e doesn't have accountability in place. is pg&e gets the message? are any power companies getting

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