Firefighters from Minnesota are heading to fight multiple active wildfires across Southern California that scorched over 50,000 acres across three counties.

The crew, which is part of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is highly skilled and specially trained in all aspects of wildland fire impression.

Minnesota will be joining the fight to put out the wildfires ravaging L.A.. Governor Tim Walz announced that Minnesota is sending a crew of wildland firefighters

The Minnesota team will assist with current fire response efforts and may also be called upon to help with new outbreaks

With a healthy crop of balsam fir pines growing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, northeast Minnesota is highly susceptible to a large fire, the map shows. Some of the

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Friday that Minnesota will send a crew of wildfire firefighters from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to help with the ongoing wildfires in Southern California.