Ohio firefighters are in California in response to the state’s request for additional help to fight ongoing wildfires. Ohio sent nine members of its fire management team from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to help California firefighters after fire managers in southern California requested additional resources late last week.

Nine firefighters from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will spend 14 days in Southern California.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that a fire management crew has been dispatched to California to help battle the devastating wildfires. The nine-person fire management team from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) left Columbus and is headed to Beaumont, California.

Gov. Mike DeWine's Office said Fire managers in southern California asked states for help Thursday with wildfires surging through the area. In response, Ohio is sending a nine-person fire management team from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

For the past three weeks, we've been watching as firefighters from all over the country join their colleagues in Southern California to battle the wildfires. As residents ran away from the flames, these brave souls raced toward them,