The American Red Cross says it paid $688,000 for more than 6,000 hotel rooms that went unused during last year’s Southern California wildfires.

In a statement released Thursday, the Red Cross said the unused rooms accounted for about 22 percent of the 27,714 room nights booked during the wildfires.

Red Cross officials says all the unused rooms were booked at San Diego-area hotels.

The statement says the Red Cross national headquarters will refund the amount spent on unused rooms to the people of Southern California by placing funds in the operating budget for the community’s wildfire recovery program.

—The Associated Press

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