L.A. wildfires: Alberta sending water bombers, night-vision helicopters to California

With thousands forced to flee their homes in Los Angeles due to fires, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announcing the province will be sending resources to help battle the fires. Darcy Ropchan speaks with an Edmontonians waiting to leave the California.

By News Staff and The Canadian Press

Alberta is pitching in to help battle the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles.

Premier Danielle Smith says the province will send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to California.

“Good neighbours are always there for each other in times of need, and we will assist our American friends in any way they need during this crisis,” Smith wrote on X.

Smith adds Alberta is also “actively working” with Ottawa and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) to assess the wildfire-fighting needs in L.A..

Water-bombing pilots and crews from Quebec and a British Columbia company are already fighting the wind-whipped flames in the Southern California city.

Officials have said hurricane-force winds began igniting one neighbourhood after another on Wednesday in the coastal neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades and in Altadena, near Pasadena.

Five people have died in the fires, more than 100,000 people have been forced from their homes and famous landmarks have come under threat.

Nearly 2,000 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed and the number is expected to increase.

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