Investing.com — Elon Musk said Wednesday evening that SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to areas affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, while also criticizing the California government for its management of the crisis.
“SpaceX will provide free Starlink stations to affected areas in Los Angeles tomorrow morning,” Musk said in a post on social media site X. Local media reports said several news outlets were already using Starlink in the area, due to cellular service outages from the wildfires.
Starlink, which has more than 4.6 million users worldwide, uses a fleet of satellites to demonstrate communications coverage, and is largely unaffected by disturbances on the ground.
The Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) CEO also shared and reposted several posts criticizing California government, specifically Governor Gavin Newsom, for allegedly failing to prevent the crisis.
California, specifically Los Angeles County, was hit by a wave of wildfires this week. Firefighters struggled to contain at least six separate blazes, caused by a combination of low humidity, dry vegetation and lack of rain.
More than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate, with fires raging in areas such as Pacific Palisades and Pasadena.
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