Accuweather estimates the damage and economic loss estimates in the Los Angeles wildfires at $250-$275 billion and still increasing.
Losses are set to exceed Hurricane Katrina in 2005, even after adjusting for inflation. The LA fires will be costliest natural disaster in US history.
In terms of number of burned buildings the Los Angeles fire is in the range of the San Francisco fire of 1906 and the London fire of 1666.
In 2018, California had the Camp Fire which destroyed 18805 buildings.
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