Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Sunday that US swim icon Gary Hall Jr. would be given a new set of medals to replace those incinerated in the Los Angeles wildfires.International Olympic Committee president Bach said in a post on Twitter that Hall would be given replica medals to replace those lost in the fire.

Former swimmer Gary Hall Jr will have the Olympic medals that were destroyed in the devastating fires in Los Angeles replaced. "We are in full solidarity with the citizens of Los Angeles and full of admiration for the tireless work of the firefighters and the security forces,

For Hall of Fame swimmer Gary Hall Jr., those losses included the pinnacle of his life's work—his 10 Olympic medals, which he believes were lost with his home in the Palisades fires. Hall described his harrowing escape from the fire's path on Tuesday to CNN's Erin Burnett.