California wildfires widen, charring homes and wineries

Wildfires in Northern California have scorched over 115,000
acres, destroyed more than 2,000 buildings and left at least 21
dead since they began burning on Sunday and the flames continued to
spread today, driven by winds gusting as high as 70mph.
Video posted on the internet from the scene showed dozens of
homes in large tract neighbourhoods levelled.Among the largest insurers in the state are mutual carrier State
Farm, which leads all others in homeowners' multi-peril
insurance with $1.5bn...