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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was corrected by an NBC News reporter on Sunday when he claimed President-elect Donald Trump was wrong about his criticisms of California’s fire management.

Over 150,000 Californians remain under evacuation orders, largely in the Los Angeles area as of Sunday. At least 16 people have died as multiple wildfires are spreading across the region. Meanwhile, the Pacific Palisades area is citing low water levels that are aggravating efforts to extinguish the fire there, resulting in 11% containment as of Saturday night.

“I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this,” Trump wrote of Newsom earlier this week. “On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!”

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“I don’t know what he’s referring to when he talks about the delta smelt and reservoirs. The reservoirs are completely full — the state reservoirs here in southern California. That mis and disinformation advantages or aids any of us. Responding to Donald Trump’s insults, we would spend another month, I’m very familiar with him, every elected official that disagrees with him is familiar with him,” Newsom said in reaction to Trump’s comments.

“We do know, though, from reporting that that one reservoir that serves the Palisades was not full,” reporter Jack Soboroff responded.

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“That’s exactly what triggered my desire to get the investigation to understand what was happening to that local reservoir,” Newsom said. “That was not a state system reservoir which the president-elect was referring to as it relates to the delta and somehow connecting the delta smelt to this fire, which is inexcusable because it’s inaccurate. Also incomprehensible to anyone who understands water policy in the state.”

Los Angeles Water and Power Department chief engineer Janisse Quiñones confirmed in a press conference that all three water tanks ran out of 1 million gallons of water each by 3 a.m. Wednesday, hours after the fires started. As a result, the department transported water there.

Newsom expressed his gratitude that President Joe Biden committed 100% of the disaster recovery relief to California over the next six months. Meanwhile, during a campaign event before the November election, Trump vowed to Newsom that he was “not giving any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the fire, forest fires that you have.”

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“I’m just blessed; I mean this, I’m blessed. I have 40 million Americans who happen to live in California, that President Joe Biden is president of the United States, and did what he did immediately,” Newsom said. “And to the extent that we can work with the same relationship and same spirit with Donald Trump, I hope we can.”

Trump and Newsom met in 2018, shortly after another fire in California, to discuss future firefighting plans.