A new wildfire was reported today at 1:38 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January’s devastating wildfires.

German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday that last month's huge wildfires in Los Angeles had been the costliest "in the history of the insurance industry". Nonetheless, the figure would represent "the most substantial wildfire losses in the history of the insurance industry",

German reinsurer Munich Re on Wednesday said it expected claims of about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) as a result of the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires in January killed more than two dozen people and destroyed or damaged more than 16,