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The fire department declared a mass casualty event because of the "number and severity of injuries".

City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, the top municipal budget analyst, said the spending plan would provide the fire department with money to hire an additional 227 employees, roughly half of them firefighters.

Appearing in Pacific Palisades this week to mark the 100th day since the outbreak of the fire, she said she will not cut the fire department budget.

Even NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, which has its own fire department, had its own emergency management team staffed 24/7 during the fire, sending out alerts to employees when necessary.

The outlet reported that police said the woman was making “incoherent statements” and that the dog charged at one of the officers before animal control officials or the fire department could get to the scene.