LA County firefighters and K-9s who were deployed to Venezuela to help with search and rescue efforts following two massive, deadly earthquakes have returned home.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) Urban Search and Rescue team returned to the Southland on Monday following a roughly 10-day operation in the earthquake-stricken country.
Members from the department’s USA-2 team flew to Venezuela to execute aerial and ground damage assessments across areas that were impacted by the natural disasters, while K-9s sifted through the rubble to search for survivors…