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Rep. Tom McClintock said Friday that President Donald Trump has agreed to reverse his administration's decision to deny federal cleanup funding for six wildfires, including the largest single fire in state history located in the Republican-heavy Central Valley.

Impact: McClintock, a Republican who represents fire-struck regions of California, said in a tweet that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told him that Trump would issue a disaster declaration providing funding to clean up fire debris. That comes despite the Federal Emergency Management Agency's denial of Gov. Gavin Newsom's request earlier this week. "The Presidential Disaster Declaration is imminent and help is on the way," he wrote.

FEMA representatives didn't respond immediately to a request for comment.

Background: FEMA denied Newsom's request for federal cost-sharing on the Creek Fire and five others just a day after agreeing to take on all state costs of debris removal and emergency protective measures for a separate set of wildfires from August. California is experiencing the worst fire season in its recorded history, with over 4.1 million acres burned, 31 deaths and 9,200-plus structures damaged or destroyed so far.

Political fallout: A Republican state lawmaker earlier Friday slammed the initial decision to deny the funding. "This should have been a no brainer," Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) told reporters at a virtual press conference. "Something went wrong in the calculations of what FEMA did."

He said elected officials were working on the administration to reverse the decision. “Quite frankly, FEMA just blew it," he said. "The fact of the matter is that they are reconsidering now. There's a lot of effort from elected representatives and we think that there's a high probability that they will recognize the problem and will fix it."