Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledges full support to California as raging wildfires continue to spread and claim lives.
As devastating wildfires continue to tear through the Los Angeles area, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is ready to offer its support. Roughly 130,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes since the fires broke out earlier this week, with massive areas of land burning in the affluent neighbourhoods of Pacific Palisades and Hollywood Hills in the west and Altadena in the east.
Hurricane-level winds observed Tuesday propelled fires from one neighborhood to another and fire hydrants in some areas went dry due to the surge in use to put out the flames. Officials say dry winds contributed to the spread of the fires in Southern California, an area which has only seen less than 2.4 millimeters of rain since May. At least five people have died, and firefighters are working to get the remaining blazes under control. So far, the fires have already burned an area roughly the size of the city of San Francisco and the blaze in Pacific Palisades has been declared the most destructive in Los Angeles history. Ford said the province will provide whatever personnel and equipment is needed and “spare no expense” to support the affected areas. So far, two Canadian-made CL-415 planes belonging to the Quebec government have been sent to California to provide support, as well as some helicopters belonging to B.C.-based Coulson Aviation
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