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"This is the most significant event in the past 50 years," said environmental health scientist Pablo Méndez Lázaro.

The Coal Seam Fire—so named because it sits along a coal seam—was set alight during the Plateau Fire, which hit the region in the summer of 2018.

The most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century made landfall with winds close to 150 miles per hour and plowed a trail of destruction across the Caribbean island.

"The Trump administration has completely looked away when this death toll is announced."

As Puerto Rico has struggled to recover from the Hurricane Maria, Carmen Yulín Cruz and Trump have publicly feuded.

Trump also handed out flashlights, joking, "You don't need them anymore," though most of Puerto Rico remains without power.

For days, the president has accused San Juan's mayor of being politically motivated in her criticism of the federal government's response to the crisis.

Even the cleanup efforts are dangerous.

She said at a news conference that people were dying "and you are killing us with the inefficiency and the bureaucracy."

Puerto Ricans need food, electricity and access to clean water. They also need a President who cares, say people across the island, who disagree with the President's assessment that the island is "doing well" on "food, water and medical" supplies.