The LA County Wildfires Updates

Posted On: 2025-01-20
Posted By: SAR News

The LA County Wildfires Updates

In the wake of the disastrous wildfires that sparked and destroyed thousands of homes, California's governor Gavin Newson has announced 7,500 firefighters from the state have been deployed to help protect the people who have lost their loved ones and their homes.

Late last night, the state also received continued federal assistance to combat the Hurst, Eaton, and Palisades Fires. Read more here

Our hearts go out to the family and friends who lost their loved ones and homes in the Los Angeles County Wildfires. In addition, we are sending our love and thankfulness to the firefighters and other SAR team personal volunteers for risking their lives to save others and for their devotion and dedication to helping the community. As always, please be safe out there!

UPDATE(1/13/25)-The death toll in the L.A. County Wildfires has risen to 24 people. SAR teams from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada have made their way to help out any way they can. We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends who lost their loved ones in the wildfires as we continue to send our thanks to firefighters and SAR volunteers; we appreciate their bravery and continuing to put fires out and saving lives. More updates will be available as soon as possible. Please be safe out there, everyone! Read more here

UPDATE(1/14/25)- Firefighters from Idaho arrived in Los Angeles County to help out in the wake of the wildfires. The firefighters are split up into crews, where one crew will be helping out in the Palisades and the other crew will be helping out in Eaton. Thank you to all of the firefighters from across the states in the U.S. and even Canada and Mexico for showing their compassion and helping out everyone in the L.A. County area. Read more here

In another article, former shelter dogs trained by the Search Dog Foundation were deployed with their trainers to help find missing people from the wildfires in Palisades and Eaton. To add to my thought, whenever I hear stories of animals such as dogs coming to help out, it amazes me how intelligent they are with the amount of training the canines learned from their trainers. Other than humans, dogs are truly a man's best friend when it comes to situations where dogs are hear to the rescue to lend a helping hand. As always, more updates on the L.A. County wildfires will be available as soon as possible. Please be safe out there, everyone! Read more here

UPDATE(1/16/25)- L.A. County Residents, who evacuated amid the wildfires are told they may need to wait for another week to go back to their homes as SAR teams and hazard material teams continue to do their work in finding missing victims along with cleaning up the areas that were affected by the fires. Sheriff Robert Luna also mentioned that two other victims were found which brings the death toll to 25 people. Continuously, we send our deepest condolences to the families and friends who lost their loved ones in the L.A. County fires. Updates will continue as we thank all the volunteers for continuing to save lives and putting fires out. Read more here

UPDATE(1/17/25)- Authorities from the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. announced on Thursday that at least 18 people are still missing while the death toll has rounded to a total of 27 people. As SAR teams continue to work endlessly to find missing victims, we continuously want to send our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends who lost their loved ones in the wildfires. More updates are to come. Please be safe out there, everyone! Read more here

UPDATE(1/18/25)-In positive news, The American Humane Society has offered free wellness checks for pets affected by the wildfires. The organization has checked 35 pets by providing free vaccinations and making sure the pets are doing well. This warms my heart to hear organizations such as The American Humane Society helping out people and animals who are in need making sure they are okay as we give thanks for their kind-hearted contribution to the community in the L.A. county. If you are in need of a feel-good article, please give this article a read. Read more here

UPDATE(1/20/25)-Starting Monday, strong winds could affect firefighters as they continue to put fires out while SAR teams continue their search for missing victims in light of the wildfires in Palasades and Eaton. Once again, we want to thank all of the firefighters SAR teams, and other volunteers for their tremendous work and dedicated efforts to help others. Please be safe and as always, more updates coming soon! Read more here