Fox News senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports on budget cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department ahead of multiple wildfires ravaging the region on ‘America Reports.

Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry vegetation is rocket fuel for blazes and wind both feeds the flames and spreads the embers. “The winds are like pointing an air blower at a fireplace,” says Gershunov, “except it’s not contained and it’s on a much larger scale.”