What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.

Rebuilding efforts are in full swing for Los Angeles County residents as Tuesday marks five weeks since the California wildfires devastated the region.

Van Bakel added that the concentration of assets that were exposed to the wildfire has impacted loss estimates because most wildfires are in boreal forests, where property is not densely concentrated ...