CBS Philly - There are still some 20,000 unsettled insurance claims in New Jersey, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy; most of them along the shore. A new program is aimed at addressing that backlog. There are few claims still outstanding in South Jersey, but about a fifth of pending cases are in Ocean County, Long Beach Island north, and people can now ask for some help in moving things along. New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski is borrowing an idea that worked well for victims of Hurricane Katrina down in the gulf.

The Gazette - Three of the largest insurance carriers in Colorado reported Saturday that they have received about 1,100 claims related to the Black Forest fire. USAA had received about 600 claims from the fire by Saturday afternoon, said Nicole Alley, a company spokeswoman in San Antonio. Farmers Insurance received 374 claims by Saturday afternoon, said Mark Toohey, a company spokesman in the Los Angeles area. State Farm had received nearly 130 claims stemming from the fire by Saturday morning, said Angela Thorpe, a company spokeswoman in the Denver area. The company has brought in additional resources to help customers with claims, she said.

KOB Eyewitness News 4 - Several fires continue to burn in New Mexico. The Silver Fire burning in southern New Mexico has grown to more than 22-thousand acres tonight. Fire crews say dry, hot and windy weather caused the fire to spread. The flames continue to threaten the small, nearby town of Kingston though crews are working to created defensible space around the town. The Silver Fire is 5 percent contained. It’s a different story in Northern New Mexico.

Reuters - Authorities battling the deadly wildfire outside Colorado’s second-largest city said on Sunday that firefighters were getting the upper hand on the blaze that ranks as the state’s most destructive on record. The so-called Black Forest Fire, smoldering on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, is 65 percent contained, incident commander Rich Harvey of the U.S. Forest Service said at a news conference. Harvey said subsiding winds, cooler temperatures and some rain over the burn area have aided firefighting efforts over the last two days.

The Omaha World Herald - When Ryan Stamm pulled into his driveway Thursday morning he noticed something strange — his roof was missing, and there was no work crew in sight. He was baffled because he had not hired a roofer, and his roof had not been damaged by recent hail storms like so many west Omaha homes. “I thought, ’Holy cow, what is going on,’ ” Stamm said. His neighbors told him they had seen roofers on the Stamm property from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The neighbors were able to provide a description of the company’s van.

NBC News - A morning explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant Thursday has drawn emergency response, and authorities say more than two dozen people could have been injured in the blast. The explosion took place at Williams Chemical Plant in Ascension Parish, Louisiana State Police said, and a fire after the explosion appeared to be contained in the plant. Twenty-five people sustained unspecified injuries, said Paige Hargrove, executive director of the Louisiana Emergency Response Network. There are no confirmed fatalities and no official count on the injured, said Jared Sadifer, a state police spokesman.

Fox News - The Black Forest fire in Colorado destroyed 360 homes and almost doubled in size Wednesday, making it the most destructive fire in the state’s history, KDVR.com reported. About 38,000 people in 13,000 homes have been affected by the fire, the station reported. The fire is likely to continue for a couple more days as temperatures are forecast to stay in the 90s through Friday, with winds gusting up to 30 mph, the report said. "We are watching the weather conditions very closely," Terry Maketa, the El Paso County Sheriff, told the station. The wind, he said, is probably the No. 1 threat.

Insurance Journal - A wildfire in Colorado has destroyed at least 360 homes, topping last year’s record-setting Waldo Canyon Fire in a nearby wooded area that destroyed 346 homes. The tally of lost homes was a dramatic increase from a report late Wednesday that stated 92 homes were listed as gone. The blaze in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs is now the most destructive in Colorado history.

CNN - A packed deck of Shuckers Bar & Grill, a popular sports bar in Florida, collapsed into Biscayne Bay on Thursday, sending patrons into the water. About 100 people are believed to have been on the deck at the time of the collapse, Miami-Dade Fire Lt. Eugene Germain told reporters. Authorities are treating 24 victims, three of whom have "critical injuries," Germain said. Officials believe no one is missing. Video from CNN affiliate WSVN showed fire trucks and ambulances at the scene, which was illuminated by a spotlight from a helicopter.

Insurance Journal - Two new sinkholes are causing problems in Cape Girardeau, Mo., creating what city leaders call a “very dangerous” situation. The Southeast Missourian reports that the sinkholes are on busy South Sprigg Street, near LaCroix Creek. One is causing creek water to flood into a quarry. One sinkhole is about 50 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep. The other near the end of a creek bridge is about 25 feet in diameter and 6-8 feet deep — and growing.