California’s Insurance Commissioner says an agreement has been reached with an insurer to stop the enforcement actions his department brought for claims related to a 2008 fire in northern Los Angeles County that destroyed 489 homes. Dave Jones said Tuesday …
Firefighters raced the winds Monday morning to contain Southern California wildfires that destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred more in rural areas. Winds gusting to 25 mph were expected in the afternoon in southeastern San Diego County, where a …
Homebuilders in the High Park and Waldo Canyon burn areas are confident they can meet the demand to rebuild homes. But finances – their own and that of fire victims – could complicate those efforts. “I don’t think people need …
Gary Bonnette had traveled with his wife Cynthia and son Aaron to San Antonio to visit family members when he got a phone call saying his home was threatened by a huge wildfire. Neighbors say smoke was pouring over the …
Iran Monday raised its earthquake death toll to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors from the rubble of their homes in the country’s northwest, state media reported. Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session …
North Korea says that heavy rain caused by a typhoon has killed nearly 90 people, destroyed thousands of homes and submerged a large amount of farmland. Seoul-based analyst Kwon Tae-jin says the flooding is expected to worsen North Korea’s chronic …
Officials monitoring three wildfires along the scenic Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska said Saturday that the flames destroyed 14 homes and had cost an estimated $2.5 million to fight. None of the three wildfires grew from Friday to Saturday, but …
The wildfires burning in north-central Nebraska along the scenic Niobrara River have expanded, but firefighters hoped more favorable weather Wednesday would help efforts to beat back the flames. The main Fairfield Creek fire, just west of Springview, expanded from 92 …
Insurers estimate that recent wildfires in Colorado caused at least $449.7 million in damage. The figure released Tuesday by the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association is based on claims filed so far for houses lost at the High Park Fire …
Tax records show that two wildfires that burned houses in Larimer County this year damaged homes worth an estimated $55 million. There were 259 homes lost in the High Park Fire near Fort Collins and one in the flash flooding …