The President of the United States announced on Thursday that he would travel to California on Saturday to meet the victims of the deadly fires that killed at least 59 people.
US President Donald Trump will travel to California on Saturday to meet people struck by the deadliest fires in the history of this western US state.
"The president will travel to California this Saturday to meet the people affected by the fires," White House spokesman Lindsay Walters said Thursday.
A week after the start of the fires, which burned more than 50,000 hectares, relief workers continued the gruesome work of identifying victims: 59 deaths have been counted to date and some 300 people are still missing.
A tweet from Trump was controversial
The American president's first reaction to the tragedy sparked heated controversy. One tweet, he had indeed accused the State of California, controlled by the Democrats, mismanagement of forests while they are mostly under the control of the federal state.
There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018"Billions of dollars are donated every year, with so many lives lost, all because of severe forest mismanagement. Remedy now, otherwise there will be no more federal payments! He had started.
The origin of unknown fires
He has since changed his tone, assuring the public of his support and saying he spoke directly with Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
The cause of the fires has not yet been determined but several "Camp Fire" victims have lodged a complaint against local electricity supplier Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E), claiming that sparks on a high-voltage line would have triggered the fire.