Small canvas bags that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters used as makeshift water containers to quickly put out a trash fire have been misdescribed on social media as women’s handbags, suggesting the LAFD is under-resourced because of budget cuts and donations of firefighting supplies to Ukraine.

As you watch the devastation unfold in the Los Angeles area, there are ways you can help the victims of the wildfires from your home. Several organizations are taking donations that could be used immediately or are asking you to reach out to loved ones who live in that area.

Los Angeles County fires have raged across communities and destroyed more than 27,000 acres and 2,000 homes, businesses and other structures. The fires have displaced thousands of people as they escape the blazes for safety.