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California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires that have exploded across Los Angeles since last week.

More than 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” located across 25 counties in California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation;

Firefighters have partially gained control over two large forest fires in Los Angeles. The Palisades and Eaton fires have been partially extinguished with support from neighbouring states, the federal government,