The IOC has announced that Gary Hall Jr's 10 Olympic medals lost in the LA wildfires will be replaced.

Gary Hall Jr., a former Team USA swimmer who won 10 Olympic medals, will receive replicas of those medals after losing them in the California wildfires, as announced by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday.

Over the weekend, the IOC issued a statement regarding the wildfires in Southern California that have resulted in the loss of at least 24 lives and over 12,000 structures.

"The statement read, "We stand in solidarity with the people of Los Angeles and express our admiration for the firefighters and security forces. Our current priority is to combat the fires and safeguard the people and their possessions.""

The IOC confirmed that Hall, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, would receive replicas of his lost medals in the Pacific Palisades Fire.

"Gary Hall Jr., a renowned Olympian, lost his medals in a fire. The IOC will replace them with replicas."

Last week, in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Hall recounted his first glimpse of the fires in his neighborhood.

"I witnessed the flames explode and houses collapse. There were numerous explosions. I didn't have much time," he stated. "Sunset Boulevard was gridlocked. People abandoned their cars and were fleeing for their lives. Police were instructing them to do so. My girlfriend was trapped in her car amidst the smoke."

Hall admitted that he could only manage to take the necessary items, leaving his medals behind.

"He admitted that he thought about the medals but did not have time to get them. He said that everyone wants to know if the medals burned, and he confirmed that everything burnt. He added that it's something he can live without and that everything is just stuff. He acknowledged that it will take hard work to start over and asked what can be done."

In the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Hall, 50, won four medals, including two gold, in his first Summer Games. Four years later, he won four more medals and in his final Games, the 2004 Athens Olympics, he won two more.

In 2012, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame inducted Hall.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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