The Los Angeles Fire Department refuted speculation that its chief, Kristin Crowley, had been dismissed as crews continue to battle the wildfires across the region.

The mayor of Los Angeles is denying a Friday night “exclusive” report that she fired the city’s fire chief at a closed-door meeting earlier in the day. The pushback from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass came after a Daily Mail article hit Friday evening and,

Four days after the first wildfire broke out in Southern California, the number has reached five. Amidst the struggle to contain the fires, reports surfaced that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley.

Mayor Karen Bass reportedly called LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley into a closed-door meeting shortly after Crowley told FOX 11 that the city had failed the department in preparation for the deadly wildfires scorching the area.