Yes, it really does suck
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire – while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 40 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles Fire Department bosses are facing criticism for opting not to deploy 1,000 available firefighters and more than 40 water-carrying engines until after one of the wildfires was burning out-of-control — even as extreme warnings were coming in about life-threatening winds, a new report says.