The Oregon Department of Forestry is welcoming back 70 firefighters on six strike teams who have been assigned to the fires in California's Los Angeles County for the past two weeks. While in California,
Windy and dry conditions returned to Southern California on Monday, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking as firefighters continue to battle two major blazes in the Los Angeles area that started in similar weather nearly two weeks ago.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oregon firefighters who journeyed to Los Angeles to assist with the response to the devastating wildfires that began earlier in January are headed home after a two-week deployment.
Most of Oregon's fire crews sent earlier this month to California, including four Banks firefighters, are returning after two weeks. Banks sent Officer Victor Haney, Lt. Julie Kemper and firefighters Jaxon Herrman and Samantha Linz along with Engine 15 to California.
California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State's ample resources to combat the blazes
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.