California timber company blasts CalFire probe

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California timber company accused of starting a 102-square-mile wildfire is seeking to undo a $47 million legal settlement because of alleged misdeeds by investigators and prosecutors.

Sierra Pacific Industries filed hundreds of pages of court documents Thursday in federal court seeking to re-open a case settled in 2012. The settlement also included Sierra Pacific transferring 22,500 acres of land to the state of California.

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