More than 135 firefighters, emergency management and medical personnel from Texas, along with more than 45 fire engines, ambulances, command vehicles and equipment, have been deployed to the Los Angeles area.

The Houston Fire Department will join more than 135 emergency responders deployed Jan. 11 to help fight the ongoing wildfires in California.

Houston-area firefighters are on their way to California as part of a taskforce to help battle the wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Months after Californians voted against an amendment to end inmate servitude, incarcerated firefighters are on the front lines.

More than 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” located across 25 counties in California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation;

Emergency response teams in California are still trying to contain ferocious wildfires as the death toll has increased to 24.