This video from the U.S. Forest Service shows local residents thanking firefighters as they depart from the lines after a ferocious battle against the Caldor Fire in late summer 2021.
In a State Used to Hurricanes and Flooding, LA is Battling an Unprecedented Wildfire Season
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300-foot-tall (91.44...