About 1,000 prisoners were involved in the fight against large-scale forest fires in the city of Los Angeles, California, USA, Newsweek magazine reported.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a total of 939 inmates participate in firefighting. which are designed to prevent the spread of fire.
According to the CDCR, about 30% of the total number of fire fighters in California are convicted felons.
Earlier, the "Regnum" agency reported that the firefighting witnesses saw them in Los Angeles, California, USA.
At least 16 people have died as a result of wildfires raging in the state of California.
Fires raged in California on the evening of January 7. The speed of the wind spreading the fire was 48 km/h, reaching 112 km/h in some places, and up to 105 km/h in the settlements. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the natural disaster zone.
The fire almost completely destroyed the coastal city of Malibu. The villas of many famous actors were burnt.
A large-scale disaster regime has been operating in the state since January 8. The US authorities called the current fires in Los Angeles the most destructive in the history of California.
