The Associated Press
The five most expensive wildland fires - in insured losses - in the United States from 1970 to 2004 (dollar amounts adjusted for inflation):
-$2.36 billion: Oakland and Alameda counties, California, October 1991
-$1.09 billion: San Diego County, California, October-November 2003
-$1 billion: San Bernardino County, California, October-November 2003
-$490 million: Los Angeles County, California, November 1993
-$458 million: Orange County, California, October 1993
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Source: Property Claim Services of ISO and the Insurance Information Institute