Reducing wildfire risk is a collective effort

Insurers and customers are revisiting how to reduce their exposure to wildfire risk, says the I.I.I, as recent fire victims begin the recovery process.

Burned-out homes and vehicles stand in Paradise, California, U.S., on Monday, November 26, 2018. The nation's deadliest wildfire in a century known as the Camp Fire that killed at least 85 people and burned over 14,000 homes has been fully contained after burning for more than two weeks, authorities said Sunday. Photographer: David Paul Morris

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, PG&E Corp. cut power to more than 370,000 homes and businesses in Northern California in an effort to curb wildfire risk, Bloomberg reported.

This latest attempt in a series of planned blackouts comes as the region remains under “red flag” warnings from the National Weather Service due to strong wind gusts raising the risk of a blaze igniting.

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Heather A. Turner

Heather A. Turner is the managing editor of ALM's NU Property & Casualty Group. She can be reached at [email protected].

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