ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Next week will mark nine months since the Los Angeles wildfires destroyed 16,000 homes and properties.

Many of those homeowners who were insured thought their policies would help them get back on their feet and back into the homes they owned.

In Part 1 of this special series, 7 On Your Side Investigates is heading back to the Eaton burn zone where many say they are now feeling burned by their insurance company.

During the Eaton Fire , Jesse Albert saw the biggest investment of his life go up in flames.

"This was supposed to be, you know, our final home, and now it's gone ... completely gone," he said.

Today, Albert's lot has been scraped clean with a little more than some pool chairs and a cast iron pot remaining. He can't break ground on a new home the

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