The impact of climate-fueled fires on homeowners

By Samantha Wright

A Boise firefighter walks by all that remains of the poorly prepared home at a recent demonstration fire.

Wildfires and other climate-fueled disasters are straining insurance markets.

Recently, officials met in Boise to compare notes on how to avoid what some call the "uninsurable future." The Mountain West News Bureau's Murphy Woodhouse was there.

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Samantha Wright

As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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