Canada’s forest fire centre is working on a request to send air tankers to Los Angeles as crews in the region continue to battle the deadly and devastating fires that have left at least five dead.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) said in a statement to Global News that it had received a request overnight from the National Interagency Fire Center in the U.S. for two CL-415 skimmer air tankers with flight crews to operate in southern California.
“CIFFC is working closely with Canadian member agencies to process the request,” a spokesperson wrote in an email.
The CIFFC said that it could not provide a timeline for when the air tankers could be delivered, adding it is working to identify potential resources should more requests for help come in.
As of Thursday, no other resources from the CIFFC were in the U.S.
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