[vkou]

I'm generally OK with open-ended liability, even against people who were following the rules, to a T. (And especially against people who were not - see [1])

With wildfires, though, I'm not so sure. These forests are giant powderkegs, and that's no fault of PG&E.

They will burn, sooner, or later. It might be from power utility equipment, it might be from a van's hot exhaust, it might be from a lightning strike.

Blaming the last person who touched it seems... Unfair, in many ways.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood is a great example of an organization that should have been held criminally liable - for second degree murder.