"He is the blame for this," Trump wrote about Newsom on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, but Newsom's office called that "fiction."

Donald Trump took a swipe at Governor Gavin Newsom over the California wildfires today (9 January). The president-elect, who is in Washington, took the opportunity to criticise Mr Newsom for the lack of water,

Authorities continued to battle the Palisades and Eaton fires throughout Los Angeles County as lower wind speeds are expected to provide some respite Thursday morning before picking up again in the afternoon, though firefighters were able to lift evacuation orders for a fire that burned through the Hollywood Hills.

Wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, scorching tens of thousands of acres, destroying hundreds if not thousands of homes, forcing more than 100,000 evacuations and leaving at least five people dead, officials say. • There are five active wildfires in Los Angeles County, according to Cal Fire:

The Sunset Fire, which has consumed 60 acres of land, was discovered on Tuesday at around 6 p.m. local time, according to Cal Fire. The fire started in the Hollywood Hills region

O n Tuesday, three wildfires broke out in Los Angeles County, the largest one encompassing almost 3,000 acres in western LA's Pacific Palisades coastal neighborhood at the time of