The president of the Pasadena Firefighters Association blasted President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE over his comments that blamed poor “forest management” for the devastating wildfires in California.

In a tweet from the association’s account, Scott Austin urged Trump to visit the affected areas and “learn the facts.”

“Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong,” Austin tweeted. “The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims.”

Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims. Scott Austin, Pres IAFF 809. @IAFFNewsDesk https://t.co/d3jY0SeosF — Pasadena Fire Assn. (@PFA809) November 10, 2018

The comment came in response to Trump’s tweet threatening to withhold federal funding for the state over “gross mismanagement of the forests.”

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“There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor,” Trump tweeted.

The president has faced criticism over the comments from the International Association of Firefighters, who called his comments “irresponsible” and “reckless.”

"To minimize the crucial, life-saving work being done and to make crass suggestions such as cutting off funding during a time of crisis shows a troubling lack of real comprehension about the disaster at hand and the dangerous job our fire fighters do," the union’s general president, Harold Schaitberger, said in a release.

The top California firefighters executive also tore into Trump for the comments.

Two dozen have been killed so far in the Camp Fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills, making it the state’s deadliest fire in over two decades.