As cataclysmic wildfires rage across Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump hasn't been offering much sympathy. Instead, he's claiming he could do a better job managing the crisis, spewing falsehoods and casting blame on the state's Democratic governor.

Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes in America's second-largest city.

Incoming US president Donald Trump has used the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles to launch political attacks on outgoing President Joe Biden and California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom.The Los Angeles fires have also seen Trump's surrogates launch attacks on Democrats.