Lawsuits are beginning to mount against PG&E, alleging "pretty overwhelming" evidence of the utility company's culpability, according to an attorney for a group of the victims quoted by CNBC News. Lawyers from the Bay Area are filing a lawsuit on behalf of the victims of the Butte County Fire against the company, saying that the Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation has been negligent in its job to monitor overhead power lines and look for obstructions, malfunctions, or anything that could potentially endanger residents in the surrounding areas. PG&E actually had sent an email to Betsy Ann Cowley, a Paradise resident, the day before the fire, saying that the company was soon going to work on a power line that ran through her property. Crowley states that while talking with the company, they had mentioned that they were having problems with "sparks," although PG&E now denies this.