Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, rebuffing concerns raised by state officials about potential contamination.

U.S. Army Chemical Corps Soldiers recently worked with joint and interagency partners to support the wildfire response mission in

The SoCal Fire Fund, a collaborative relief effort launched to assist those impacted by the wildfires in California, has raised over $5.9 million.