Trump called the officials handling the Los Angeles fires incompetent

The Los Angeles Wildfires: President Donald J. Trump and the Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass haven’t spoken to the public during the weekend fires

He said that thousands of magnificent houses are gone and many more will soon be lost. There is no place in this world where it is safe to die. This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country. They just can’t put out the fires. What is wrong with them?

As of Sunday morning, 16 people had died as a result of the fires and at least 12,000 structures had been destroyed. In a post on Sunday, Mr. Trump spoke of that destruction.

The chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Lieutenant Governor invited President Donald Trump to see the damage caused by the fires. He has not publicly responded to those invitations.

The statement was made by the press office, which said that the “water restoration declaration” that Mr. Trump had accused him of not signing did not exist. “The governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need,” the statement said.

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles had to contend with questions about whether there was adequate warning about the likelihood of devastating fires, and why there was a shortage of water and firefighters during the initial response. At the news conference on Thursday, she said she would not answer questions about her absence from the city during the fires since she was in Africa for an official visit.

Questions over how local and state authorities prepared for the fires and how they grew so quickly have been faced by politicians in California.

President-elect Donald J. Trump offered fresh criticism early Sunday of the officials in charge of fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, calling them “incompetent” and asking why the blazes were not yet extinguished.

According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, at least 153,000 people were forced to leave their homes as a result of the fires. On Saturday, Los Angeles County officials said they changed the county’s alert and notification system to partner with the state’s alert center while they investigate the cause behind the false evacuation alerts sent to more than 10 million Angelenos last week.

Red flag warnings are in effect through at least Tuesday, with wind gusts of 50 to75 mph and 30 to 50 mph expected, according to the NWS.

The NWS Los Angeles office wrote in a post Saturday that there would be high wildfire risk through Wednesday, due to SantaAnaWind and dry air.

There are multiple fires in Los Angeles that have left several people dead and burned thousands of structures, and firefighters are preparing for more Santa Ana winds.