Over 150 fire personnel across Washington state, including three firefighters from Lewis County Fire District 5-Napavine and three firefighters from the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority, departed for California early Thursday morning to help fight the wildfires in Southern California.
In total, 43 agencies in Washington state are providing resources to help fight five wildfires in Southern California, collectively called the Los Angeles fires or Los Angeles wildfires.
The fires had killed at least six people, forced nearly 180,000 people from their homes and destroyed at least 1,000 structures as of 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, according to reporting by CNN and NBC News…