Los Angeles fire officials were reportedly distracted by special requests from politicians and high-profile residents during the first crucial hours of the Woolsey Fire last November, an after-action report of the wildfire said this week.

The requests were mostly to ensure the safety of specific homes as the fire spread rapidly through the county, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The review did not say which politicians and VIPs were involved or how the requests affected the firefight.

KIM KARDASHIAN, ALYSSA MILANO AND MORE CELEBS FORCED TO EVACUATE DUE TO WOOLSEY FIRE

“We have to understand we probably have some of the wealthiest communities in America, and with that comes a certain amount of political power,” Los Angeles Fire Assistant Chief Tim Ernst said in the interview Friday, the Times reported.Global tournament organizer ESL has reported a 215.5% increase in average-minute-audience (AMA) viewership for ESL Pro League Season 11. The company reported an AMA of 164,494 for its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition, up from 52,140 for Season 10, which concluded in late 2019 (which ESL reported was a 39% increase over Season 9). These figures exclude China.

The latest ESL Pro League season took place between March 16 and April 12, in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which forced the league to cancel its grand finals event in Denver, Colorado. Instead, the league moved entirely online and held regional finals for North America and Europe, which were won by Team Liquid and Fnatic, respectively.

Earlier this year, ESL signed an agreement it refers to as the “Louvre