Texts Revealed: How Fired LAFD Chief First Responded to Historic Wildfires

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The Los Angeles County wildfires continue to leave the city devastated, as local politicians work toward rebuilding — and now, new details about how the fire department first reacted to the ordeal are coming to light.
After Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley was terminated from her role by Mayor Karen Bass, a text message showed the former's response to the incident.
Keep reading to see what she said…

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Emergency Management Department General Manager Carol Parks reached out to Crowley on January 6, one day before the wildfires started.
"It's my first opportunity to send this Public Safety leadership text," Parks wrote in messages obtained by ABC News. "Wishing it could have been on a blue sky day, but duty now calls."

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The next day, the City of Angeles experienced the worst wildfire in the region's history.
"Not good," Los Angeles County Fire Chief Tony Marrone texted Crowley at around 11:18 a.m.
"No," Crowley replied.

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Bass credited Crowley's firing to her response to the Pacific Palisades fire, which resulted in 12 people dying, as well as, 23,000 acres of land and 6,837 homes being destroyed.
However, the firefighter is currently fighting her termination.

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The union that represented the city's fire department defended Crowley against Bass.
"Despite the manufactured reasons that have been publicly offered for her termination, the reality is Kristin Crowley was fired for telling the truth," their statement read, as Crowley appealed the mayor's decision.

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While Bass was critical of Crowley's work, the politician's trip to Ghana, which occurred at the beginning of the natural disaster, wasn't well-received.
"It was a mistake to travel, but I will tell you that we need to evaluate everything," Bass said on KABC-TV. "Because, honest and truly, if I had all of the information that I needed to have, the last thing I would have done was to be out of town."

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While Bass and Crowley continue to spat over the latter's job, Governor Gavin Newsom has been updating the public on the rate of rebuilding communities, including the Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Newsom's team told Newsweek the priority is "securing critical disaster aid for the survivors of the Los Angeles fires and ensuring impacted families who lost their homes and livelihoods have the support they need to rebuild and recover."