PG&E Corp. says it has found suspicious monetary claims by victims of California’s wildfires, including one from a man who says a 500-pound (227-kilogram) emerald worth $280 million was destroyed at his home a year ago in the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in state history.

A Tesla Supercharger station located at a Wawa convenience store ignited in Parsippany, New Jersey, CNBC confirmed after images of the fire were shared on social media.

Over $20 million worth of property went up in flames early Saturday in Florida, where two multimillion-dollar yachts were destroyed in a fire.

The American Red Cross is assisting 21 people (13 adults and eight children) following a massive fire in Steuben County that impacted seven residences. The area was solemn Sunday afternoon on Preston Avenue in Hornell.

Italy’s government declared a state of emergency Thursday in flood-ravaged Venice, seeking to release funds to repair the historic lagoon city after it was damaged by the highest tide in 50 years.

Each day, the roughly 150 residents of Lakeside Village drink, cook and bathe with water hauled in by the Kansas National Guard. Months after floodwaters overwhelmed the northeast Kansas community’s well system, trucks are still delivering up to 40,000 gallons of water daily.

Two were injured after a gas leak caused an explosion Monday afternoon, setting fire to a Cloverdale Heights home in Charles Town, West Virginia, said Larry Herbst, fire chief of Citizens Fire Department.

It has been quite the turbulent ride for catastrophe insurance providers in the past few years. The US has suffered a series of devastating hurricanes, kicking off on August 25, 2017, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 storm.

Two people were killed Sunday morning after a red Porsche went airborne and crashed into the second floor of a commercial building in Toms River, police said.

A 48-year-old San Jose man pleaded guilty this week to orchestrating a series of fires as part of a scheme to collect millions of dollars in damages, authorities said.

The pilot of a single-engine plane died after crashing into a house in Upland Thursday morning, sparking a massive fire, officials said. The San Bernardino County Fire Department responded to the residence on West 15th Street where flames were seen shooting through the roof.

For many people trying to put their lives back together in the wake of California’s catastrophic wildfires, the process of rebuilding can feel like a second hardship — one not inflicted by nature, but rather, by the insurance company they thought would protect them.

The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has just released its whitepaper on wildfire mitigation — as at least 13 fires continue to burn across California.
“While our research has been in the works for the last year because of California’s catastrophic wildfires in 2017 and 2018, the wildfires we’ve seen in recent weeks makes these findings all too real and timely,” commented I.I.I. CEO Sean Kevelighan.

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis said he won’t be happy until 100 percent of Hurricane Michael insurance claims are paid. On Monday, Patronis spoke to Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit attendees about the struggles of Panhandle residents still recovering from Hurricane Michael.

Kristin Bevilacqua-Nowell was asleep on her couch when she was awakened by the sound of her kitchen window blowing out and a wind tunnel of shattered glass pummeling through the first floor of her home.