On November 10 , President Donald Trump blamed poor forest management by the state of California as the cause of the Woolsey Fire and the concurrent Camp Fire . In a controversial tweet , the President threatened to end federal assistance unless the state improves its " gross mismanagement of the forests . " The small groves of California sycamores and coast live oaks amidst the sage and chaparral covered hillsides in the area of the fire are not considered to be forests as commonly understood by the public or wildfire experts . Since these small , critical habitats are not logged , President Trump 's statements had little relevance to the Southern California fire
Camp Fire
Camp Fire (2018)
Woolsey Fire