Iran and Ukraine offering US help to put out wildfires in Los Angeles

January 14, 2025

Evan Hummel

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Offers of help are coming from unlikely nations as wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, California, which have scorched tens of thousands of acres. The latest assistance offers are coming from U.S. adversary Iran and war-torn ally Ukraine.

Both nations are offering to send firefighters to Los Angeles as crews continue to battle wildfires that have displaced thousands of people and killed at least two dozen individuals.

Kyiv said on Sunday, Jan. 12, it may send around 150 firefighters, while Tehran said it is ready to send an unspecified number of “rapid response teams” with the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

Nearly 1,500 members of the California National Guard are already fighting the fires, along with teams from other states, as well as Mexico and Canada.

The California National Guard called Ukraine’s offer “nothing short of extraordinary” but stayed mum on Iran’s offer.

Tehran and Kyiv’s offers come as tensions with Iran are expected to intensify under President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and funding for military aid to Ukraine remains in doubt.

Iranian state media has also floated inflammatory rhetoric toward the U.S. in the wake of the fires, saying that the Los Angeles fires are nature’s retribution for U.S. support of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

There is also speculation that Tehran is offering assistance because Los Angeles County is home to more than 100,000 Iranians, according to the 2020 U.S. Census, which is reportedly the largest Persian population outside of Iran.

Currently, it’s unclear if the United States is accepting help from either Kyiv or Tehran.

Tags: California, Canada, disaster, Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, Gaza, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Kyiv, Los Angeles, Mexico, natural disaster, Russia-Ukraine War, Tehran, Ukraine, Ukraine aid, Ukraine Defense Ministry, Wildfire

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Both nations are offering to send firefighters to Los Angeles as crews continue to battle wildfires that have displaced thousands of people and killed at least two dozen individuals.

Kyiv said on Sunday, Jan. 12, it may send around 150 firefighters, while Tehran said it is ready to send an unspecified number of “rapid response teams” with the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

Nearly 1,500 members of the California National Guard are already fighting the fires, along with teams from other states, as well as Mexico and Canada.

The California National Guard called Ukraine’s offer “nothing short of extraordinary” but stayed mum on Iran’s offer.

Tehran and Kyiv’s offers come as tensions with Iran are expected to intensify under President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and funding for military aid to Ukraine remains in doubt.

Currently, it’s unclear if the United States is accepting help from either Kyiv or Tehran.

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