Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered April 2, 2025 By Patrick Wraight The question has come up wondering if smoke damage is covered for those homes that were impacted by the Los...
Insurers, Consumer Groups Telling Different Stories About Smoke Damage Claims July 18, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers and consumer advocates are conveying conflicting messages as both try to focus public attention on smoke damage claims. Mercury...
Smoke-Tainted California Grapes Find New Life as Vodka December 3, 2021 By Nathan Frandino NAPA, Calif. — As wildfires covered California’s wine country skies in smoke in 2020, Nicolas Quille feared the worst for...
Off-Site Backups, Planning Aid in Fire Recovery November 2, 2018 By GREG BOCK, The (Altoona) Mirror It was early afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving in 2006, when Mark Nale walked into his den and saw the...
Oregon Wildfire Sparks Eruption Comparisons September 8, 2017 By GILLIAN FLACCUS and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped...
Illinois Businesses Pick Up Pieces After Large Fire June 12, 2015 When a Utica, Ill., neighborhood was recently hit by a large fire, a local restoration company responded quickly to restore...
Unattended Torch Sets Tucson Townhomes on Fire October 7, 2014 Authorities in Tucson, Ariz., say families living in three townhomes were displaced by a fire started by an unattended torch....
Fire Burns 8 Buildings in Rock Island October 1, 2014 Fire ripped through the heart of downtown Rock Island, Ill., early Saturday, destroying or damaging eight buildings. The fire in...
Fire Damages Oklahoma Middle School Campus July 8, 2014 Officials suspect lightning sparked a fire that caused major damage to the middle school campus in Woodward, Okla. Monday’s fire...
Louisiana House Fire That Caused $15,000 Damage Deliberately Set April 16, 2014 A fire at a home in Baton Rouge, La., caused $15,000 in damage and was determined to have been deliberately...