reporter rob hayes, from our sister station in los angeles, explains how people are finding joy in the devastation. >> her home is in ruins, burned to the ground, but margo stuber is now looking through the smoke and rubble to a brighter future. >> this is my first happy day since 30 something days. >> she's happy because her property will be the first of the homes destroyed by the eaton fire. to have the army corps of engineers begin removing debris from. governor gavin newsom on hand to mark that milestone, which he says is record time. just 36 days after the fire started. >> this is twice as fast as the woolsey fire debris removal. the fire in 2018. faster still, even compared to paradise. >> newsom touring the eaton fire burn zone today, along with federal and local officials, with more than 6300 homes destroyed by the eaton fire and another 5500 homes lost in the palisades. the recovery process is proving to be a colossal challenge. newsom, though crediting its current speed to coordinated help from l.a. county and the trump administration. >> i am resolved, as is the president of

here's reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles. >> from fire chief to just plain fired los angeles mayor karen bass today, terminating chief kristen crowley, blaming her for improperly staffing the palisades and eaton fires. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> in the wake of those deadly fires. bass and crowley initially appeared supportive of each other side by side at news conferences, but it didn't take long for a rift to form. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. >> the fire chief blasting the city for underfunding and understaffing the department, leaving it vulnerable. in turn, bass slammed chief crowley for refusing to put together a required after action report as part of the mayor's investigation into the fire response. and earlier this week, mayor bass, who was overseas in ghana when the fires broke out, blamed the fire department for failing to warn her of the potentially deadly weather conditions that wer