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NFL closely monitoring developments regarding Los Angeles fires with Vikings-Rams playoff game scheduled for Monday
An NFL spokesperson said on Wednesday that the league is closely monitoring developments in regard to the multiple wildfires engulfing the Los Angeles area with a playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and L.A. Rams scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. ET at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
“The NFL continues to closely monitor developments in the area and will remain in contact with both clubs and the NFLPA,” the league said.
Multiple massive wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people as desperate residents escaped through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.
Three major blazes were burning in the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, home of the famed Rose Parade. With thousands of firefighters already attacking the flames, the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a plea for off-duty firefighters to help, and weather conditions were too windy for firefighting aircraft to fly, further hampering the fight. Fire officials hoped to get the flights up later Wednesday.
In addition to the two deaths, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said many others were hurt in the fires, which threatened at least 28,000 structures.
At least 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate — a number that kept changing because evacuation orders were continually being issued, officials said.
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