Iran sympathizes with survivors of California raging fire

Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref extended condolences to the families of the victims of widespread wildfires in southern California.

News ID: 5746

Date: 11 January 2025 - 21:37

TABNAK, Jan 11: "In today's interconnected world, one person's pain is everyone's pain; we extend our condolences to all those affected by the wildfires in California and pray for a speedy recovery," Aref wrote on his X account.

"It is necessary to take urgent measures at the global level to solve and deal with crises, whether it is the genocide and crimes of the occupying regime in Gaza or the crisis caused by climate change like what we are seeing today in the destructive fires in California," he added.

Concerns are growing over crimes in Los Angeles, as looters and thieves are targeting homes evacuated by its residents due to the deadly, devastating wildfires that continue to rage across the US county which erupted earlier this week.

Around 180,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders across Los Angeles County, with an additional 200,000 under evacuation warnings due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hearst, and Lydia fires.

According to Luna, hundreds of sheriff's personnel are deployed to assist with evacuations and security operations.

The California National Guard was also deployed to assist in traffic controls to prevent unauthorized access to evacuation zones, while curfews are imposed in some areas.