California needs to reassess how to prevent such a massive, out-of-control wildfire from ever happening again, Rep. Vince Fong told Newsmax on Monday.

Appearing on “National Report,” the Republican congressman representing the 20th District north of Los Angeles, said “the focus right now is that the firefighters get everything that they need” to put these fires out, but “we have to reassess how to prevent this from every happening again.”

Fong, who said he is “just heartbroken” at the tragedy occurring in his state, said that “this is something we have to continually improve on. We have to do more and work with urgency … and we need to put more resources in.”

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