California wildfire insurance claims top $3.3 billion
The figure represents claims for homes and businesses insured by 15 companies and is more than triple the previous estimate of
The amount of claims now reported means that the fires caused more damage than
Forty-three people were killed in the October blazes that tore through
The fires are now nearly contained.
Several dozen buildings were also damaged or destroyed in fire in
"Behind each and every one of these claims...are ordinary people, Californians who lost their homes, lost their vehicles, in some cases whose family members lost their lives," said Jones, a Democrat who is running for attorney general.
Jones said there were just over 10,000 claims for partial home losses, more than 4,700 total losses and about 700 for business property. There were 3,200 claims for damaged or destroyed personal vehicles, 91 for commercial vehicles, 153 for farm equipment and 111 for watercraft.
The figures do not reflect uninsured losses, including public infrastructure and the property of people who were uninsured or underinsured.
Meanwhile, a man facing arson charges for a wildfire that destroyed two homes south of the
Coy pleaded not guilty to charges of arson of a nondwelling, arson causing bodily injury and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the newspaper reported.
Witnesses saw Coy start the fire on
Coy was arrested in possession of jewelry and a bicycle that was taken from a home that was burglarized while under evacuation, according to sheriff's officials.
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