Trump's fire tweet infuriates California celebrities; Hollywood strikes back originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

A raft of Hollywood stars took to social media on Saturday to rip into President Donald Trump for a pre-dawn tweet on Saturday in which he blamed “gross mismanagement of the forests” in California for a trio of deadly wildfires blazing across the state, and threatened to withhold vital federal funding to fight the infernos.

Katy Perry, Ava DuVernay, Don Cheadle, Sarah Silverman, Andy Lassner, Kathy Griffin, Zach Braff, Bette Midler, Alyssa Milano, Maria Shriver and Billy Eichner were among the celebrities who castigated the U.S. president for his tweet.

“There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!”

“Stop it,” Silverman tweeted in response. “Feign humanity.”

“Honestly thought this one was from a parody account,” Braff wrote. “The city is on fire and people and animals are dying.”

The White House press office did not immediately respond to an ABC News request for comment about the celebrities' reactions to the president's early morning tweet.

U.S President Donald Trump arrives at the Elysee Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Saturday, Nov.10, 2018. Trump is joining other world leaders at centennial commemorations in Paris this weekend to mark the end of World War I. (The Associated Press) More

There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018

Eichner said that Trump’s tweet “goes over the line.”

“I really try to ignore his tweets,” he wrote. “But this goes over the line. We know he’s a cruel and heartless man - but he’s also the definition of a coward. Afraid of vulnerability, of sensitivity, of compassion, of sympathy and of course the truth.”

Perry called Trump's tweet "heartless."

"This is an absolutely heartless response," she wrote. "There aren’t even politics involved. Just good American families losing their homes as you tweet, evacuating into shelters."

PHOTO: This enhanced satellite image provided by NASA's Earth Observatory, shows a wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (NASA via AP) More

One leading California fire official on Saturday called Trump's comments "a shameful attack on California."

"The president’s assertion that California’s forest management policies are to blame for catastrophic wildfire is dangerously wrong," California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice said in a statement on Saturday.

This is an absolutely heartless response. There aren’t even politics involved. Just good American families losing their homes as you tweet, evacuating into shelters. https://t.co/DJ4PN26bLZ — KATY PERRY (@katyperry) November 10, 2018

"Wildfires are sparked and spread not only in forested areas but in populated areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds, low humidity and geography," he continued in the statement. "Moreover, nearly 60 percent of California forests are under federal management, and another two-thirds under private control. It is the federal government that has chosen to divert resources away from forest management, not California."

PHOTO: Firefighters push down a wall while battling a fire in an apartment complex in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 09, 2018. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images) More

"Natural disasters are not “red” or “blue” – they destroy regardless of party," Rice concluded. "Right now, families are in mourning, thousands have lost homes, and a quarter-million Americans have been forced to flee. At this desperate time, we would encourage the president to offer support in word and deed, instead of recrimination and blame."