Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Augustin said to Newsmax Thursday that the first 36 hours of battling the massive wildfires in Los Angeles County, California, “were tough,” but reinforcements are arriving to help contain the blazes and give his crews a respite.

Augustin told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that after more than a day trying to extinguish the inferno, his firefighters are “tired, but they love this community and they want to protect the homes and the land that we all work and live in.”

“Thankfully, we’re getting more reinforcements,” he said. “We requested 60 strike teams. We have both Cal Fire and a federal incident management team coming in to support, lots of additional resources coming in, so they can actually get on a regular work-rest cycle.”

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