Over 2,500 soldiers sent to tackle LA’s fires and halt looting as they set up base on beach

TROOPS of the California National Guard are seen protecting the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood from the fallout of the devastating LA wildfires.

The guardsmen were pictured at Will Rogers State Historic Park on Tuesday.

National guardsmen staged at Will Rogers State Historic Park to monitor activity after a fire.
Troops have been sent to tackle LA’s wildfires and halt looting set up base at a beach near Santa MonicaCredit: AP
National guardsmen standing by military vehicles.
Around 2,500 have been drafted in to help fire crewsCredit: AP
Firefighter walking at night during a fire.
The blazes have killed 25 and destroyed 12,000 buildingsCredit: AP

Around 2,500 in total have been drafted in to help fight the fires and prevent looting.

The blazes have killed 25, destroyed 12,000 buildings and other structures and burned through more than 60 square miles of land.

There were tonight still 26 people missing and 82,000 people under evacuation orders.

Cops say they have made 44 arrests so far in connection with the fires.

It includes six people who were held on suspicion of trying to start new fires.

The suspects were arrested for separate incidents across the city, the LAPD said.

There are currently over six million people under critical fire threat across Southern California.

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Meanwhile, the Pacific Palisades fire which has decimated one of LA’s ritziest neighbourhoods is the second most destructive ever in the region.

Chilling before and after vid shows LA wildfire devastation in celeb enclave as deadly flames edge towards key exit road
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