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History has shown that this part of Southern California is prone to major fires, given its susceptibility to intense Santa Ana winds in the fall and winter that hit when the landscape is often its driest.

Typically, fires make an area less prone to another fire soon after, since they burn up much of the most flammable fuels, which can take many years to grow back.

City officials expressed fear that Trump, a mercurial leader prone to grudges, would retaliate against California and Los Angeles because of its Democratic leadership.

“That’s not a democracy,” Rodriguez, whose San Fernando Valley district includes areas that are prone to wildfires, said Tuesday night.

California is a state that is prone to wildfires.