Railroad, Retired Chief Charged Over Wildfires
The Oregon and Pacific Railroad and its former top executive face more felony charges for dozens of wildfires their locomotives allegedly sparked while traveling through Siskiyou County.
The latest Siskiyou County complaint blames the railroad for June’s Hutton Fire that destroyed 280 acres of timberland south of Hilt. The railroad is charged with causing fires 29 times during the last five years.
The railroad’s retired regional vice president, Robert W. Libby, is charged with six felonies stemming from complaints the railroad caused three fires in the summer of 2000.
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