Teams of local firefighters continue to help battle LA wildfires
Two teams of firefighters from the Las Vegas Valley continued their efforts in Southern California, where they were helping to battle devastating wildfires, according to an update from Clark County on Tuesday.
As preparation for potentially high winds, a 21-person strike team of firefighters from Clark County worked in a neighborhood affected by the Eaton Fire and planned out strategies to protect homes that could potentially be in harm’s way if fire activity were to pick up by nightfall, the Tuesday update stated.
The team also pumped hose lines to support fire crews from Stockton. Winds in the neighborhood where the team has been working have been calm, the update said.
Another strike team consisting of 24 firefighters assigned to the Palisades Fire had been working to protect neighborhoods in Encino for the past two days, according to the Clark County update.
In addition, “they also protected wildland fire hand crews working to protect a ridge in the area that was heavily coated in fire retardant from air drops,” the release stated. The team was also prepared to protect other firefighters if “embers in the vegetation blew over them,” the update stated.
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