Key Takeaways
- **Elon Musk** doubts climate change caused the California wildfires, citing mismanagement and dry weather.
- The death toll in the **Los Angeles** wildfires increased to 16 people, according to NBC News.
- Climate change is happening, but slowly, as stated by **Elon Musk**.
US entrepreneur Elon Musk doubted that climate change caused the devastating wildfires in California, comparing the situation to Texas. He stated that climate change is happening, but slowly.
“If the climate change explanation were true, Texas, which has twice the forest area of California, would have roughly twice the wildfires that destroy homes. Climate change is happening, but slowly. The issue with LA was failure to create fire breaks and clear brush, combined with failure to ensure sufficient water supply and terrible mismanagement at the state, county and city level,” Musk said on X, commenting on the publication of one of the users, who said that climate change had already caused 101 fires in the state this year alone.
Wildfires began to spread in Los Angeles County on January 7. According to meteorologists, the rapid spread of the fire was caused by dry and very windy weather. The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed more than 10,000 buildings in the region, resulting in a death toll of 16 people, according to NBC News.
According to the Daily Mail, the mayor of Los Angeles, less than a week before the start of the powerful wildfires, demanded that the fire department budget be cut by an additional $49 million, which meant closing 16 fire stations.
