L.A. Firefighters Detail ‘Long, Arduous’ Month Battling Wildfires
The Los Angeles Fire Department is continuing its hard work.
One week after the devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires that ravaged Southern California were officially contained, LAFD captains Erik Scott and Adam VanGerpen shared insight into the department’s invaluable work.
“It’s been a very long month,” Scott exclusively told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi on the 2025 Critics Choice Awards red carpet Feb. 7. “Our firefighters have been working around the clock.”
“It’s been a long, arduous month,” he continued, “but now we’re finally starting to get over the hump and we can start to work on the recovery now.”
The fire department official praised the assistance the neighboring areas provided, noting that at one point, over 5,600 firefighters were working on the blazes.
“We definitely needed that help,” Scott shared. “We’re very appreciative that we were able to enact that so quickly. It’s just been a very, very long process and we’re not done yet.”
