"I don't think they've acknowledged that they've made mistakes yet, and that's really a problem,"
"They're still trying to cover up ... It's not the regular firefighters. It's coming from higher up."
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not pre-deploy extra engines and crews to Pacific Palisades despite warnings of life-threatening winds. Then-Fire Chief Kristin Crowley attributed the slow knockdown to high winds, a shortage of working engines and limited city finances. Former LAFD chief officers and residents characterized those explanations as secrecy and deflection aimed at avoiding full responsibility. Survivors and local journalists reported leadership has not acknowledged mistakes and accused higher-ups of covering up. Unresolved questions include why crews left a smoldering area that later reignited, why the after-action report was altered, and why the mayor's related communications remain unreleased.
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