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Kim Kardashian Uses L.A. Fires to Fight for Incarcerated Firefighters

Kardashian, who evacuated her home due to the blazes, urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to give incarcerated firefighters a pay bump.

Kim Kardashian called for California to raise the wages of its incarcerated firefighter crews following the deadly wildfires that have devastated the state. Kardashian, who evacuated her home due to the blazes, urged the state’s Gov. Gavin Newsom to raise their pay in an Instagram post. They crews earn around $1 per hour. “On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, risking their lives to save us,” she wrote on her Instagram story, saying that the crew is working through 24-hour shifts. “They get paid almost nothing, risk their lives, some have died, to prove to the community that they have changed and are now first responders. I see them as heroes.” Kardashian then went on to say that the $1 wage has stayed the same since 1984, and hasn’t been raised with inflation. “This year there was an agreement to raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to $5/hour, but it got shot down last minute,” she continued. “I am urging @cagovernor to do what no governor has done in 4 decades.” The Kardashian clan have also donated meals to firefighters during the fires tearing through Los Angeles, the meals going to four different fire stations, according to reports. Newsom did not publicly respond to Kardashian’s plea.

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