Los Angeles wildfires: Aerial videos show firefighting efforts and devastation
A growing force of firefighters and equipment moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as another round of powerful winds threatened to trigger new wildfires and set back recent progress in containing blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.
Video above shows National Guard from inside the cockpit of a firefighting plane dropping retardant on the Palisades Fire in California.
Planes that drop firefighting chemicals and crews ready to pounce on hotspots were positioned across the city and the parched, brush-filled hillsides that surround it. Dozens of water trucks were in place to replenish supplies after hydrants ran dry last week.
Video above: Aerial footage showed the devastation caused to neighborhoods in Los Angeles following wildfires
"We're absolutely better prepared for this coming," LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Monday when asked what will be different from a week ago, when hurricane-force winds propelled multiple fires across a region that hasn't seen rain in more than eight months.
But Marrone warned that the could prevent airplanes from fighting the blazes from above, just as they did last week.
