Firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia are making their way to California.
On Monday, nearly 60 firefighters from the two provinces were deployed to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Alberta announced last week that it is sending up to 40 wildland firefighters with more personnel, waterbombers and contracted night-vision helicopters ready to deploy.
B.C.’s forests minister, meanwhile, has said a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California on Saturday afternoon.
The massive fires have killed at least 24 people and 150,000 people in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders.
Alberta’s Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen said that the 40 firefighters from Alberta are a “trained and experienced” crew of Type 1 wildland firefighters.
“I have spoken directly to Cal Fire and to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to assure them that Alberta is prepared to support them in their ongoing efforts,” Loewen said in his post.
Loewen said additional Type 1 firefighters, incident command personnel, and qualified support staff are ready to go, if requested.
He added that Alberta is also preparing its water bombers, pilots, and contracted night vision helicopters to assist in California.
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