A Los Angeles fire chief has blasted the city's mayor Karen Bass for 'failing' fire crews and communities devastated by the ongoing wildfires. 

Fire Chief Kirstin Crowley took aim at the city's leadership during an interview with KTTV on Friday, admitting it had failed those affected by the fires and prevented the LA Fire Department from effectively doing its job.

'We are screaming to be properly funded to make sure that our firefighters can do their jobs so that we can serve the community,' Crowley said, adding that there were 'huge gaps' in firefighters' ability to tackle the blazes on the ground.   

She joins a chorus of high profile celebrities who have hit out at the city's handling of the ongoing wildfires, which have so far killed 11 people, ravaged communities, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their properties.

This includes reality star Khloe Kardashian, who rallied around Crowley to share her furious response at the mayor's decision to cut around $17.5 million from the fire department budget for this fiscal year. 

During an interview with Gigi Graciette, Crowley stated that the mayor's budget cuts for the LAFD affected the fire fight throughout Southern California, adding that the department was 'not properly funded'. 

Reacting to her statement on Instagram, Khloe said she 'stood behind' the fire chief before dubbing Mayor Bass a 'joke'. 

Mayor Bass has also been cricitised for flying out to attend a presidential inauguration in Ghana even though meteorologists had warned a 'recipe for fire' was on track to strike LA. 

Meanwhile, on Friday former reality star Spencer Pratt announced that he intends to file a lawsuit against California for its alleged negligence after his home was tragically burnt down in the Pacific Palisades fire.

While speaking to blogger, Perez Hilton, the father-of-two recalled desperately trying to get help from Los Angeles Fire Department as he watched his property go up in flames.

'They never came. The gate was still locked,' he claimed. 'They never came. I watched from my security cameras until our house burned down. There were no fire trucks.'

As his home burned down, Pratt insisted that he called 911 and informed them that if they sent 'one fire truck' to his street that they 'could stop [the fire from] coming down the whole freaking area.'