Alberta ready to help California with firefighting resources [Video]

Alberta’s premier says the province is preparing to support California fight a series of wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area.

Alberta will send an incident command team, as well as water bombers and night-vision helicopters to California, and is working with the federal government and Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to assess what the state needs.

“Good neighbours are always there for each other in times of need, and we will assist our American friends in any way they need during this crisis,” Smith wrote on social media.

A spokesman for Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis told CTV News Edmonton on Thursday the province has not yet been asked to send firefighting resources to California.

The major fires continue to burn in densely populated areas around the city of Los Angeles and have killed at least five people, damaged thousands of structures, ravaged communities from …