Bastrop Wildfire Losses Rise More than half of the homeowner insurance claims have been settled in Bastrops Complex Wildfire that occurred over the Labor Day Weekend. The final tally for insured losses from the wildfire is projected to hit $325 million from the destruction of 1,673 homes. Two people died in the fire that consumed thousands of acres of pine forest on both sides of U.S. 71 just east of Bastrop. Many homes were literally untouched, while next door, homes were burned to the ground.
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