Legendary artist Jay Leno gives back to Los Angeles first responders, who are working to protect the California community amidst these events Raging forest fires.
Join Leno”Your world” on Wednesday to talk about his efforts cooking and delivering meals to first responders.
“You're all doing what you can do,” the former late-night host told Fox News anchor Sandra Smith. “I'm just helping out and trying to do what I can and just having fun, and they're so grateful.”
It's been one week since huge and Deadly forest fires Fires ripped through the Los Angeles area, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee for safety after their homes and businesses were destroyed.
Officials say at least 24 people have been confirmed dead, and that number is expected to rise. Dozens are still missing.
“It's very strange because it's 80 degrees. It's a beautiful day. I mean they have hell and heaven just a few feet away from each other,” Leno said.
“If you think about Malibu, they named it after cars and perfumes, and they're the sexy guys. Now it's that way.” Like charred rubble. It's unbelievable, but it's still a beautiful day. So you have this weird dichotomy. “It's very strange.”
New wildfires are burning in California as the flames continue to spread across Los Angeles
Smaller fires have been burning since Monday, however Heroic efforts by firefighters It prevented it from growing to the size of the Palisades and Eaton fires, which are responsible for most of the destruction.
Leno praised the fire department's efforts, saying, “The Los Angeles Fire Department is probably the best in the world.”
“It is truly a military operation on a large scale. It is amazing to watch,” he added.
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“The great thing is that I haven't heard any political discussion for the last four days. Nobody's blaming this or that. They're fighting a fire. These people don't have an opinion. I'm sure they have opinions, but this isn't an opinion.” Blame game at this point…it's just a question of what we should do to fix this now. Everyone in Los Angeles points fingers and blames people who do something and fix it.
while State and local leaders Leno has faced a torrent of criticism, and said the “silver lining” amid the “terrible tragedy” was the “sense of community that came out of it.”
“We're going to rebuild it,” Leno said. “It's sad that it takes something like this to bring everyone together, but that's what it takes sometimes.”
Fox News Digital's Chris Pandolfo, Elizabeth Pritchett, Greg Weiner and Luis Casiano contributed to this report.
