LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will receive $3.78 million in federal grants to assist with recovery efforts stemming from the devastating and deadly 2018 Woolsey fire. The city of Malibu will receive an additional $47,000.
The Woolsey fire destroyed 1,600 buildings from Westlake Village to Malibu and caused roughly $5 billion in damage, officials said. At least three people died in what turned out to be one of the most destructive fires in county history.
Battling the blaze was made more difficult because local officials had to compete for resources as massive wildfires raged out of control in neighboring Ventura County and the Northern California town of Paradise, according to a 2019 report.
