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January 09, 2025

LA Wildfires: Celebrities Lose Homes, Forced Evacuations

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LA Wildfires: Celebrities Lose Homes, Forced Evacuations

Today's news is about the Los Angeles wildfires that broke out and burned anything and everything. The devastating wildfire across LA County areas engulfed the homes and residents of many, including Hollywood celebrities who lost their homes and evacuated. 

Burned Homes and Evacuations

Yesterday, The Palisades, Eaton, and the Hurst Fires ignited and spread across LA County, devastating everything. The wildfires sweep across Los Angeles areas. It burned many houses and forced residents to evacuate the area. 

The wildfires, known as the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst Fires in LA, spread rapidly by winds of up to 99 miles per hour. Govt of California, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles. 80,000 residents are forced to evacuate in this grave situation.

Firefighters are at the forefront of helping people evacuate and extinguishing blazing fire flames. Many people are of the view that they should stand shoulder-to-shoulder with firefighters as they perform their duty. 

Celebrities Who Lost Their Homes

Many Hollywood celebrities were residents of Los Angeles. When the fire broke out, they saw their homes burning and were forced to evacuate the place. Here is a list of a few Hollywood stars who lost their homes in the LA wildfire. 

  • Adam Brody and Leighton Meester: The wildfire reportedly destroyed Their Pacific Palisades home.
  • Anna Faris: According to TMZ, she saw her home being destroyed by the combusting flames. 
  • Diane Warren: The songwriter lost her home where she was residing for 30 years. 
  • Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag: Their Pacific Palisades home of the "The Hills" stars Pratt and Heidi was destroyed, with Pratt sharing videos and photos of the damage.
  • Cameron Mathison: He updated about his house burning in the fire when he posted a video of his home destroyed and still burning.
  • Ricki Lake: She lost her "dream home" in the fire and wrote, "it's all gone."
  • James Woods: He shared a photo of the fire spreading to his deck and later wrote about losing his home.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis: She reported about her safety amid her house catching flames of fire.
  • Maria Shriver: The journalist wrote about feeling devastated by the wildfires that burned her and her near and dear ones' homes and everything.
  • Dan Levy: He expressed his grief over the catastrophic fires. 
  • Mark Hamill: During the evacuation, he reported his safety from the fire. 
  • Steve Guttenberg: He helped firefighters by clearing the cars on the highway. 
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt: Se wrote about being safe from the fire and praised those who helped her during difficult times. 
  • Minnie Driver: She expressed her heartiest grief over the unbelievable and terrible fire. 
  • Chet Hanks: He penned down his despair as he watched his neighbourhood burning. 
  • Mandy Moore: She updated her and her family's safe evacuation from the burning fires.
  • Eric Braeden: He called the blazing fire the worst one to witness. 
  • Molly Sims: She shared a video to Instagram Stories of the fire behind her home and updated about her safe evacuation. 
  • Many Others include Cary Elwes, Travis Barker's children, Alabama and Landon, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and many others 

Celebrities Express Their Grief on Social Media

Many affected celebrities took to social media and shared their experience and grief over the blazing fire. Other celebrities also expressed their despair over the catastrophic fire that burned out in LA County. They sent virtual prayers and moral support to those affected by the blazing fire flames.