Emergency autos are on the facet of the street as flames from the Hughes Fireplace race up the hill in Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 22, 2025. A brand new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on January 22, exploding in measurement and sparking 1000’s of evacuation orders in a area already staggering from the results of big blazes. (Agence France-Presse)
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sacked the town’s fireplace chief on Friday, blaming her for management failures within the dealing with of lethal blazes that tore by means of the California metropolis in January.
“We all know that 1,000 firefighters that would have been on responsibility on the morning the fires broke out have been as a substitute despatched dwelling on Chief (Kristen) Crowley’s watch,” Bass mentioned in an announcement.
“Moreover, a mandatory step to an investigation was the president of the Fireplace Fee telling Chief Crowley to do an after motion report on the fires,” Bass added.
“The Chief refused. These require her removing.”
The transfer comes after apparent tensions between the 2 girls whilst flames raged in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, killing at the least 29 individuals and destroying 1000’s of buildings.
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There was sharp criticism over the firefight, notably within the tony Pacific Palisades space, the place hydrants ran dry due to large calls for on the system.
However Bass, a former US congresswoman, was additionally the goal of residents’ ire, after a flat-footed response to the fires, which broke out whereas she was overseas.
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