Wildfires: Getty Museum in LA ‘confident’ its priceless art collections will be protected

The sweeping fires in California have claimed the lives of 24 people

The boss of the J Paul Getty Museum is ‘confident’ its art collections will be protected amid the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area (Alamy/PA)

The J Paul Getty Museum is “confident” its art collections will be protected amid the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area.

There were fears that winds could fan the flames towards the Getty Centre, which is located in the Brentwood area and houses world-famous works including Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises.