Sonoma County, the town of Windsor and the cities of Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Santa Rosa announced Wednesday that they have reached a joint $31 million settlement with PG&E over damages caused by the 2019 Kincade Fire.

The fire, which started on Oct. 23, 2019, burned roughly 78,000 acres, destroyed 374 structures, injured four people and forced some 200,000 county residents to flee their homes in one of the largest evacuation efforts in the county’s history.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.