Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” are in the region, which could fuel the growth of new or existing wildfires in Los Angeles County and Ventura County.
As wildfires rage in California, Republicans in Washington have begun discussing whether to condition federal aid on changes to policies they blame for the blazes. 'It’s part of the discussion right now,' Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital. 'People are unwilling to just stroke a check for something that, quite honestly, they still have a lot of questions.
' The Los Angeles area has been grappling with multiple deadly wildfires in recent days, with nearly 100,000 Californians under evacuation orders. Officials are far from knowing what the final damage estimates will be, as well as how much additional funding will need to be approved by Congress. But a broad cross-section of Republicans are already blaming the Democratic stronghold state’s policies and management for exacerbating the issue.
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