As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t the city better prepared?

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

The fire chief spoke at a press briefing with Mayor Karen Bass after her supposed ouster. The department said claims of her firing are false.

Text within the post, which Libs of TikTok previously shared on X and later deleted ... The LAFD said the footage shows its team putting out a fire using small canvas bags, which are part of the department's standard equipment, not handbags.

The extreme red flag warning goes into place overnight and ends Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

“(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge instead of fighting fires after refueling in 7 minutes,” reads the post.

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The Hughes Fire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon in Castaic, is 0 percent contained and has already burned nearly 9,300 acres, according to Cal Fire.

according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh. “They put a lot of work in and did an incredible job really knocking the heat out of this fire,” Kelliher Berkoh ...

Officials are warning that mudslides could hit the areas affected by the fires as a rainy end to the weekend is expected.