PHOENIX — Fast-moving wildfires fueled by winds have forced countless Los Angeles residents to evacuate over the past few days. Firefighters from Arizona joined the hundreds of firefighters working to contain the California fires. Around 80 firefighters from Arizona were sent to the state as the fires continue to burn.

Both the Phoenix Fire Department and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management are deploying personnel and sending equipment.

Firefighters from Northern California and neighboring Arizona have been sent to Southern California as out-of-control fires rage on in Los Angeles County. Fires began Tuesday afternoon as high-speed winds,

"Wildlife is incredibly resilient," a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said, noting that "many species adapted to endure it."

Arizona has emergency wildfire plans that are adjusted county-by-county to prevent catastrophic events like the ones seen in California. FOX 10's Lauren Clark has more.

Arizona resources has been sent out to assist as multiple wildfires burn through heavily populated areas of southern California.