The University of Missouri condemned one of its retired professors, Karen Piper, for her “deeply offensive” remarks about the raging California wildfires.

Actor James Woods posted a video of a fire engulfing his neighbor’s home in the Pacific Palisades, an epicenter of one of three wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. The

According to her LinkedIn, she is still employed by the University of Missouri, where she taught literature and geography, however in a statement to ABC 45, the school says she is retired. Nevertheless, they called the statement “deeply offensive” and not a reflection of the institution’s values: