India, Aug. 20 -- The after-action report on the Palisades fire has been delayed due to an ongoing federal investigation into the cause of the January blaze, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Tuesday, according to a CBS news report.

State law requires the report to review the city's response, but Bass said the US Attorney's Office asked Los Angeles officials to hold off. At the same time, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives continues its probe into what sparked the fire on Jan. 7. The Emergency Services Act says that the Office of Emergency Services will coordinate with the state and local agencies to submit a report within 180 days of each declared disaster, a sreported by Fox News.

In a statement, Bass said," Acco...