Nine billion dollars, or 59 billion kroner – is provisional, the amount residents and businesses in the areas of California, which last month was hit by forest fires, have submitted claims to the insurance companies.
the Destruction of around seven billion u.s. dollars caused by the fire, which went under the name of “the Campfire”. The razed large parts of northern California and wiped out the town of Paradise.
86 people perished in the fire in the area around Paradise. It makes the fire for the deadliest, California has experienced in at least 100 years.
The remaining two billion dollar insurance claims made in the aftermath of the forest fires in southern California.
the Amount of nine billion u.s. dollars are expected to increase, as there are submitted several claims with insurance companies.
all in All, the fires consumed over 20,000 buildings. The vast majority of them were in or around the Paradise.
on Tuesday assessed the authorities in California, that it will cost about three billion dollars or about 20 billion dollars just to clear all the ruins and burned forests, the fires have left in their wake.
– The devastating forest fires in 2018 was the deadliest and most expensive brandkatastrofer in California’s history, says forsikringskommissær Dave Jones.
Behind the figure for insured losses are thousands of people who have been traumatized by inestimable loss, he adds.
Of the reviews (so far) is submitted to the insurance companies, is around 28.000 on residential buildings and almost 2000 on commercial real estate.
in Addition, there are submitted approximately 9400 reviews about the loss of cars and other possessions in the fires.