LA wildfires: Canadian military ready to join the fight [Video]

Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says Canadian military personnel, their equipment and another 250 firefighters stand “ready to support our American neighbours” as wildfires devastate parts of Southern California.

Harjit Sajjan says in a social media post that “Team Canada, with Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, is ready to deploy 250 firefighters, aircraft equipment and other resources as early as” Thursday night.

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Meanwhile, British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said in a post on X that “California came to B.C. directly” on Thursday to request “senior-level expertise” to work with U.S. officials “on the front line.”

“California has supported us in our time of need, and we’re now able to reciprocate that support,” Parmar said.

“This is of course a rapidly evolving situation, but …