The Southern Nevada Strike Team of firefighters deployed to help fight deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County, returned to Las Vegas Thursday. The 45-member team, which included firefighters from Clark County Fire Department,
Deputy CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) Chief Jim Hudson, a resident of Nevada County, and his team of 67 personnel were deployed to Los Angeles the day the fires started.
A total of 46 firefighters from the Clark County Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire Department and Henderson Fire Department are helping fight fires in Los Angeles.
The provisional toll of the fires ravaging America's second-largest city has reached 24 dead and 100,000 displaced. Residents live in anticipation of potential evacuations.
The Storm Prediction Center, the agency of the National Weather Service tasked with issuing fire weather outlooks, says that the risk for fire conditions will remain elevated across Los Angeles heading into this weekend.
The Northern Nevada Red Cross has deployed a trained disaster volunteer to the city of Los Angeles as wildfires have forced the evacuation of thousands.
New York City lacks forest fire-certified personnel, but offered other aid to California, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
President Donald Trump’s first trip since returning to the White House will take him to Asheville, North Carolina, and the Los Angeles area in California, communities where he has loudly criticized the federal response to recent natural disasters.
President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles
President Trump is heading to hurricane-battered North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles for the first trip of his second administration.
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.