The Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is mobilizing 12 strike teams to California to help protect communities from threatening wildfires burning near Los Angeles.
“The Oregon State Fire Marshal has been monitoring and working with California throughout the event and received a request for assistance late Tuesday evening,” the OSFM said in a Facebook post. “As of midnight, the department has 12 strike teams made up of 240 firefighters and 60 engines that will be mobilizing later this morning. The agency will continue to monitor and will fill more requests as it progresses.”
The strike teams are coming from Clackamas, Clatsop, Central Oregon, Lane, Lincoln, Linn/Polk, two from Marion, Multnomah, Rogue Valley, Washington, and Yamhill counties…