SEATTLE (AP) — Some 65 firefighters and seven wildland fire engines from Washington’s Department of Natural Resources are traveling to northern California to help in the effort to contain wildfires that have killed over two dozen people.
The Seattle Times reported that Washington Department of Natural Resources spokesman Joe Smillie said the dire situation in California prompted an offer of assistance from the agency Monday.
Smillie says a 20-person crew based out of the Ahtanum State Forest in Yakima County left Thursday and another crew based out of the Loomis State Forest will also be working there.
