Over 140 Washington firefighters are deployed to Southern California to assist in battling the wildfires raging across the region. Thousands of acres are burning, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
Over 140 Washington firefighters are on the road to Southern California to assist in battling wildfires. Teams of firefighters left Washington Wednesday afternoon after answering the call for help to fight the thousands of acres of fires that have been burning throughout Southern California . Thousands of people have fled their burning homes, according to officials. More than a thousand homes are destroyed as of Wednesday evening.
The Washington Department of Natural Resources confirmed Wednesday it’s sending personnel and equipment to assist the U.S. Forest Service in California. In an email, a DNR spokesperson said it was responding to a request from the U.S. Forest Service and would send two strike teams – comprised of 10 engines and some 35 personnel members to the area. In a regional meeting, including the Washington Emergency Management Division, Wednesday afternoon, officials were deciding how many crews and which resources from area fire departments would be going to the Los Angeles area. Just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Gov. Jay Inslee said the EMD was “working with fire departments across the state to coordinate nine task forces made up of 45 engines, 11 trucks and 146 personnel” to send to Southern California. By late Wednesday afternoon, Eastside Fire and Rescue said it was working on a 'manifest' and planned to send at least two commanders and eight wildland firefighters. A short time later, wildland firefighters from Tulalip Bay Fire Department and Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue announced some of their wildland firefighters were already on the road and headed to Southern California. 'This afternoon, Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue deployed Engine 82A with four firefighters, including a wildland strike team leaders to assist with the fires in California,' SRF&R said in a social media post Wednesday
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