general secretary of the salvation army southern california division.ining me and speaking to me about this today. tell us more about the people approaching your organisation for assistance. the people approaching us have been affected by this disaster many have lost times, so many don't know what the condition of their home is or neighbourhood because they have not been able to get back to the community, they are tired and need a place to rest and food and water, a few other neat supplies so we are providing that to them. where are ou providing that to them. where are you able — providing that to them. where are you able to _ providing that to them. where are you able to help _ providing that to them. where are you able to help them - providing that to them. where are you able to help them do | are you able to help them do they have to stay overnight? absolutely there is a number of them coming up and it continues to evolve and grow as more people show up to the shelters, shelters all over the city now are poised to receive people who have been affecte

joining us now is general secretary of the salvation army southern california division, major anthony barnes. major, thank you so much for joining us. 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. how are they living? how are they coping? what's happening to all the people that can't be in their homes at the moment? >> well, understandably, people are very concerned. they want to know what's happening with their homes, whether their structures are still standing or not. people waiting, as was mentioned. and so we're doing our best to walk alongside those folks and bring a little bit of help where we can share a meal, make sure they have their their needs being met. and i just want to take a moment also to say thank you to the brave and amazing first responders that are fighting this fire and those that are keeping each neighborhood safe. it's so important the work that they're doing. >> yeah, putting themselves in incredible danger with all of those fires. we there are a lot of focus has been on the pacific palisades area. there's incredibly wealthy homes, some of the celebrities that l