Los Angeles has been devastated by ravaging wildfires that are ripping through Southern California and causing chaos, damage and destruction. Among those affected are Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Paris Hilton and more of Hollywood’s celebrity class, who lost their homes or were forced to evacuate.
On Thursday, firefighters are continuing to battle back against multiple deadly wildfires that erupted across the country’s second largest city as everyday Californians and celebrities alike flee their homes. The fires have left at least five dead.
At least five fires were active in Los Angeles County, scorching more than 27,000 acres across the region, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades Fire in the coastal Pacific Palisades community and the Eaton Fire, located east in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, remained the largest blazes with 0% containment.
Wind-fueled fires still torching LA areaas thousands flee: Live updates
As Jamie Lee Curtis announced a $1 million donation to help victims of the LA fires, soap opera star and leading man Cameron Mathison and “Fashion Police” alum Melissa Rivers are among the celebrities whose homes were destroyed in the blaze.
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Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis to donate $1 million to LA fire recovery
Curtis announced a $1 million gift to those impacted by the LA fires Thursday in an Instagram post.
“As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,” she wrote.
Curtis continued, writing that she is “in communication with Governor (Gavin) Newsom and Mayor (Karen) Bass and Senator (Adam) Schiff as to where those funds need to be directed for the most impact.”
Billy Crystal loses home, Jamie LeeCurtis cries, celebs evacuate amid Los Angeles fires
Curtis previously got emotional during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” Wednesday about the blazes near her home.
“As you know, where I live is on fire right now. The entire city of Pacific Palisades is burning,” she told host Jimmy Fallon. “I flew here last night, I was on the plane, started getting texts and it’s โฆ gnarly, you guys. It’s just a catastrophe in Southern California.”
Curtis teared up describing the devastation. “Many, many, many friends now have lost their homes,” she said, “So itโs a really awful situation.”
Cameron Mathison tells ‘GMA’ he ‘lost my home and everything’
“All My Children” star Cameron Mathison’s house was destroyed in the blaze, and he wrote in a lengthy Instagram post that though “we are safe,” that “this is what’s left of our beautiful home. Our home where our kids were raised and where they wanted to raise their own someday.”
He told “Good Morning America” that he lost his home in the Altadena area, adding that he only has a few items and some clothing.
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“I’ve been up all night. I can’t sleep,” Mathison told “GMA” Thursday. “I’ve lost my home and everything that I own. I have this hoodie and a pair of pants and two pairs of sneakers left. That’s it.”
Mathison said: “Thanks to all who reached out and checked in. Canโt respond to all so wanted to give an update here.” “Sending so many prayers to everyone being affected by these fires๐๐ผ” he continued.
Mandy Moore, Mark Hamill evacuate homes: ‘We were fleeing for our lives’
In an Instagram story, Mandy Moore said she was “evacuated and safe” with her kids, dogs and cats. The “This is Us” star added that she “had a place to land” due to the “kindness of friends.”
“Trying to shield the kids from the immense sadness and worry I feel,” she wrote. “Praying for everyone in our beautiful city. So gutted for the destruction and loss. Don’t know if our place made it.”
Paris Hilton ‘heartbroken’ after Malibuhome burns ‘to the ground on live TV’
After previously staying in place and avoiding evacuations in last month’s Malibu wildfires, Mark Hamill also shared on Instagram that he evacuated Malibu “so last-minute” that there were “small fires on both sides of the road as we approached” the Pacific Coast Highway.
After correcting a missing word in his post, the “Star Wars” actor wrote, “Gimme a break โ we were fleeing for our lives.”
Melissa Rivers tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins she only saved prized possessions from mom Joan Rivers
Melissa Rivers, the daughter of the late comedian Joan Rivers and producer Edgar Rosenberg, shared that her home was destroyed by the fires in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
“That is the end of everything that belonged to my family and the history of it,” Rivers told Collins.
James Woods tearfully recallsevacuating in Pacific Palisades fire: ‘Like an inferno’
“I grabbed my mom’s Emmy, a photo of my dad and a drawing my mother had done of me and my son. I went for a drawing of hers, rather than a photo. I know I can find the photos, but a drawing I can’t replace,” she added.
Contributing: Thao Nyugen, John Bacon, Edward Segarra
