LOS ANGELES -- More than 1,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged in the 2009 Station Fire are taking Farmers Insurance to court.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Farmers Group Inc. of refusing to pay claims to policyholders whose homes were damaged by last summer's massive Station Fire near Los Angeles.

The suit, which claims breach of contract and unfair business practices, seeks unspecified damages for homeowners who reported smoke, ash and other damages from the blaze that killed two firefighters, destroyed 89 homes and scorched 250 square miles of Angeles National Forest.

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