Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said “local folks” were looking into reported water problems as firefighters work to fight multiple infernos in Los Angeles.

The California governor appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on Wednesday evening from Los Angeles as fires blazed behind him. He was asked about reports that fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades and other neighborhoods lacked water.

“Look, the local folks are trying to figure that out,” Newsom said with his arms up. “I mean, when you have a system — it’s not dissimilar from what we’ve seen in other extraordinarily large-scale fires, whether it be pipe, electricity, or whether it just be the complete overwhelm of the system.”

“I mean, those hydrants are typical for two or three fires — maybe one fire, and you have something of this scale, but again, that’s gonna be determined by the local,” Newsom added.

The response to the wildfires by Newsom and other California officials has been widely criticized by President-elect Donald Trump, who blamed the governor for the lack of water, saying he didn’t sign a water restoration declaration because the governor “wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt.”

Newsom responded to Trump’s criticisms by blasting the president-elect for “politicizing” the disaster and emphasized President Joe Biden’s support for firefighting efforts.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also received criticism over her handling of the disaster, not responding to questions from a reporter after she landed back in the city following a trip to Ghana on Wednesday.

Trump reinforced his criticism of California officials in a Thursday post on Truth Social.

“Fire is spreading rapidly for 3 days — ZERO CONTAINMENT. Nobody has ever seen such failed numbers before! Gross incompetence by Gavin Newscum and Karen Bass….And Biden’s FEMA has no money — all wasted on the Green New Scam! L.A. is a total wipeout!!!” Trump said.

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The fires began Tuesday as a windstorm swept Southern California, bringing strong dry wind gusts and spreading the fires quickly.

The first fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, erupted Tuesday, while the most recent major blaze, in the Hollywood Hills, erupted Wednesday evening.