Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed the city's fire chief on Friday after weeks of tension over how the deadly wildfires were handled. She said Fire Chief Kristin Crowley made the wrong decision by sending home a thousand firefighters who were ending their shift as the Palisades fire began.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday she has fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing in part her response to last month’s devastating wildfires, among the most destructive fires in California’s history.

Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.