Ontario firefighters on the way to help fight Los Angeles wildfire [Video]

The sun rises after the Palisades Fire ravaged a neighbourhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Damian Dovarganes

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.

Sajjan’s pledge comes as the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said Thursday that the U.S. National Interagency Fire Centre asked for two of its CL-415 Skimmer Airtankers to join the fight against the fires.

“The request is being actioned but the delivery timeline is currently unavailable,” the agency said in an email to The Canadian Press. “We are also proactively working …