Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the wildfires in January that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed or damaged more than 16,000 structures,

Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city's fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation.