Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the wildfire and not informing her.

Fire Chief Kristin Crowley had been critical of the way the department was funded. The mayor said the day the Palisades Fire erupted, the chief sent 1,000 firefighters home.

Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.

"My message is the fire department needs to be properly ... Ahead of the January 7 outbreaks, the National Weather Service had been warning that fierce winds and exceedingly dry weather would leave the Los Angeles region at very high risk of a fire.

After weeks of asking, 7 On Your Side Investigates was finally granted an interview with Los Angeles City Fire Department's Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who was tasked with helping craft the department's pre-deployment plan going into January 7. However, the interview was canceled Tuesday.

Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.