2nd crew of B.C. wildland firefighters en route to Los Angeles [Video]

On Monday afternoon, a team of 23 personnel from the B.C. Wildfire Service boarded a flight from Vancouver to Los Angeles to help battle several out-of-control fires that have left dozens dead and 12,000 structures destroyed.

It’s the second crew from B.C. to make the trip to California. The first team of 12 incident management personnel arrived on Saturday, at the request of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The crew that will arrive Monday was requested by the U.S. Forest Service.

“They might work directly with the U.S. Forest Service on fires that they’re managing, they might end up working under Cal Fire, which has jurisdiction on the Palisades fire,” said Forrest Tower with the B.C. Wildfire Service. “So I’m not sure right now exactly what their assignment will be, but they’ll be doing the same thing that they would do in B.C. in terms of providing …