Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford pays tribute to LA firefighters before playoff game against the Vikings

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford wore a Los Angeles City Fire Department hoodie as he arrived for the team’s playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.

The final game of the wild card weekend was moved from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood to Glendale, Arizona due to the ongoing fires that continue to engulf Los Angeles.

A growing group of firefighters continued to battle massive infernos in the city on Monday, as stronger winds threatened recent progress in the fight against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.

Planes showered homes and hillsides with bright pink fire-resistant chemicals, crews prepared to attack hotspots across the region and dozens of water trucks flew in to replenish supplies after hydrants dried up last week.

In less than a week, four fires around America’s second-largest city have destroyed more than 60 square miles, about three times the size of Manhattan.

Last week the decision was made to move the final wild card game from Monday night to Arizona and it promises to be an emotional evening for the LA Rams and their fans.

Stafford paid a heartfelt tribute to the firefighters working to battle the blazes as he wore one of their hoodies upon his arrival at State Farm Stadium.

It’s been a difficult few days for Stafford and his family.

The former Super Bowl winnerwho shares 7-year-old twins Sawyer and Chandler, Hunter, 6, and Tyler, 4, with wife Kellyit turned out that she and her daughters had to be taken to the hospital.

The mother of four shared a photo to her Instagram Story of two of their daughters lying in a hospital bed.

“Last night was long,” she captioned the photo. “Back in bed and asleep, everyone except Hunter. It feels like she’s had a Celsius drink.’

“Before that,” she later noted in a follow-up post, “it was all smiles joining Dad on his work trip.”

While the former college cheerleader did not share more details about her daughters’ hospitalization, she did suggest that the need for medical care stemmed from an illness the family had suffered over the past week.

‘Found our nice place in AZ. I promise we’re happy, but still [ill]Kelly assured in another post, shared on Sunday afternoon.

Sean McVay’s team headed to the desert on Friday evening and spent the entire weekend using their division rival’s practice facilities.

The Cardinals opened their training facility in Tempe for use by the Rams, and a large banner reading “Welcome Los Angeles Rams” with both teams’ logos hung on the entrance gate.

Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill even sent two team planes to LA on Friday to help the team’s trip to Arizona. The Rams’ players were allowed to bring their families – and even some pets – along for the ride.

Los Angeles is still hoping for significant home field advantage for Monday’s game, even though it is about 370 miles and a six-hour drive from SoFi Stadium.

The team’s season ticket holders purchased 25,000 tickets in the first hour of availability on Friday and they lined up before dawn on Monday to take the bus trip.

Before 5:30 am local time, a line of fans could be seen around the stadium.

And once fans boarded the buses, they even received gifts, such as an X-post from fan Allen Sales showed a towel and a foam finger on his chair.

Los Angeles won nine straight games in Arizona before the streak was snapped earlier this season.

McVay said Los Angeles requested the visitors’ locker room on Monday — even though they are still technically the home team — because of their familiarity with the space.

Only a few Rams employees were directly affected by the fires until Thursday afternoon, when the Kenneth Fire broke out a few miles from the team’s training complex in the suburb of Woodland Hills, sending smoke billowing into the air at an alarming rate.

Defensive lineman Kobie Turner said receiver Puka Nucua’s home was in an evacuation warning zone, so he came to sleep at his house one night.

The National Weather Service warned of “particularly dangerous” dry and stormy weather ahead, especially on Tuesday, when winds could gust up to 65 mph, experts said.

Much of Southern California around Los Angeles is under this extreme fire danger warning through Wednesday, including heavily populated Thousand Oaks, Northridge and Simi Valley.

Firefighters made progress this weekend on the region’s two largest fires: the Eaton Fire, near Pasadena, and the Palisades Fire, in a wealthy enclave along the Pacific coast.

The Eaton fire is about one-third contained, while the Palisades fire is much less contained.

The death toll is likely to rise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Monday. At least two dozen were missing, he said.