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

[KARAH RUCKER]

OFFERS OF HELP ARE COMING FROM UNLIKELY NATIONS AS WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE IN LOS ANGELES, SCORCHING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES.

THE LATEST ASSISTANCE OFFERS COMING FROM ADVERSARY IRAN AND WAR-TORN ALLY UKRAINE.

BOTH NATIONS OFFERING TO SEND FIREFIGHTERS TO LOS ANGELES AS CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE WILDFIRES THAT HAVE DISPLACED THOUSANDS AND KILLED AT LEAST TWO DOZEN PEOPLE.

KYIV SAYS IT’S READY TO SEND AROUND 150 FIREFIGHTERS.

WHILE TEHRAN SAYS IT’S READY TO DEPLOY AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF “RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS” WITH THE IRANIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY.

NEARLY 15-HUNDRED 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 HEAT UP UNDER A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 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 THE L-A FIRES ARE NATURE’S RETRIBUTION FOR U-S SUPPORT OF ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA.

THERE’S SPECULATION TEHRAN IS OFFERING ASSISTANCE BECAUSE L-A COUNTY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND IRANIANS, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 U-S CENSUS.

THAT’S REPORTEDLY THE LARGEST PERSIAN POPULATION OUTSIDE OF IRAN.

IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE U-S WILL ACCEPT THE OFFERS FROM KYIV OR TEHRAN.

FOR MORE ON THIS STORY– DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP OR VISIT SAN DOT COM.

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M KARAH RUCKER.