NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Tuesday Cal Fire reported that the last of the region’s devastating wildland fires reached full containment.
The Central LNU Complex – consisting of the Tubbs, Pocket and Nuns fires – was fully contained at 110,720 acres, according to Cal Fire’s Tuesday evening report.
The complex began on Oct. 8 and burned in Sonoma and Napa counties. It started within hours of the beginning of the Sulphur fire in Lake County, the Redwood fire in Mendocino County, and the Southern LNU Complex in Napa and Solano counties.
All of those other fires were fully contained last week.
Altogether, the complex has claimed 23 lives, destroyed 6,957 structures and damaged 486 more, and resulted in one injury, Cal Fire reported.
The Tubbs fire is now listed by Cal Fire as the most destructive fire in California history, with 22 deaths, 36,807 acres and 5,643 structures destroyed.
The Pocket fire burned 17,357 acres and the Nuns fire 56,556 acres, according to Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said the causes of the fires in the complex remain under investigation.
In related news, on Tuesday California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said that the latest total of insured losses from the state's October wildfires now tops $3 billion – a threefold increase in just two weeks.
"As shocking as $3 billion in insured losses are, the number is sure to grow, as more claims are coming," said Jones.
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Last of region’s wildland fires contained
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