Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing Crowley’s placing firefighters off duty and the chief’s alleged refusal to conduct an after-action fire report. Crowley notably fought against this year’s $17.

Kirstin Crowley made her first public statement Saturday since being removed as the Los Angeles Fire Department Chief by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

The fires killed more than two dozen people and destroyed or damaged more than 16,000 structures, charring an area bigger than Paris.