The fire could have started in thousands of places and everyone knew there was a real danger the fire would spread quickly because the land around LA is a tinder box waiting for a favorable wind to turn a small fire into a huge, out-of-control fire.
The REAL cause of the fire's SPREAD and property/land the size of Manhattan island being burned to the ground is the INCOMPETENCE and CORRUPTION of the Los Angeles and California governments. It's that simple!
They utterly failed to make sure the right people and fire safety reservoirs and equipment were in place to PREVENT a huge Los Angeles fire -- when everyone in the area knew that was a key danger and real possibility.
The deceit of the New York Times is that its journalists and editors are either too stupid — or too corrupt — to find a single coconut on Coconut Island.
Newsom and Bass Made Many Major Errors
Evidence of gross mismanagement and incompetence
by Newsom and Bass has grown overwhelming.
<><>On Jan 2nd, eight days ago, the Ntl Weather Service urgently warned of extreme fire conditions.
<><>To drive it home, the LA office held a press briefing warning of impending catastrophe.
<><>Newsom and Bass should have called out the National Guard.
<><>They should have had planes and helicopters spotting fires, dousing them immediately.
<><>They should have issued emergency warnings to residents.
<><>they should have used various methods to spray water,
<><>they should have had mobile sprinkler units alongside normal firefighter hoses,
<><>they should have wet down vulnerable areas.
Instead, the following day, Karen Bass flew to Ghana
on a frivolous tax-paid junket mooching off taxpayers .
<><>Gavin Newsom could not care less
<><>this joker only called out the Ntl Guard a shocking seven days later.