For three days now, flames have been wreaking havoc in Los Angeles. Many celebrities saw their homes reduced to ashes by the fires, including some French personalities living on the West Coast.
It’s not just Laeticia Hallyday who saw her house in Los Angeles ravaged by flames. Also living in California, Nadia Farès has unfortunately just deplored the destruction of her family home in the terrible fire that has affected the City of Angels for three days. Not without emotion, the actress shared images of her burning villa on Instagram this Thursday, January 9.
“Seeing what was the family home, witness to the memories of our children, go up in smoke is an indescribable pain. Knowing our friends and neighbors are in danger, seeing them lose everything they have built with love, plunges us into a feeling of helplessness,” first writes Nadia Farès. “This tragedy reminds us that everything is so fragile and that nothing really belongs to us, except the present moment and the memories engraved in our hearts. »
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The “Navarro” actress continued her message by confessing to crying for California, “these lands asphyxiated by the flames, this disappeared vegetation, these trapped animals, and these centuries-old trees, silent guardians of our stories, today reduced to ashes.” “This once magnificent landscape is now nothing but desolation. » Despite everything, the 56-year-old actress tries to keep hope: “What the fire destroys, it cannot erase from our hearts: the memories, the love and the bonds woven remain intact. Together, by joining forces, we will build a new future. »
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It was because she fell in love with American producer Steve Chasman that Nadia Farès left to live in the United States. A meeting which took place in 2002 at the home of their mutual friend Luc Besson, during the filming of the film “The Transporter”. Two daughters were born from this marriage, which ended in 2019: Shana and Cylia, for whom the actress decided to put her career on hold, before returning to film sets in 2016 for the series “Marseille”. Nadia Farès has since been seen in other series such as “La Promesse”, “Luther” and “Les Siffleurs”.
Costliest fire ever recorded?
In addition to Nadia Farès, many celebrities living in Los Angeles have just lost their homes in the flames: Laeticia Hallyday, Patrick Bruel, the couple Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal, Anna Faris, Jennifer Grey, Mandy Moore , Mark Hamill, Anthony Hopkins…
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Since Tuesday, around 2,000 houses or buildings have been destroyed and more than 100,000 residents of the megacity have been called to evacuate, particularly in Hollywood, the historic film studio district. The fires left at least five dead, as reported by AFP. With the destruction of these villas, the fire could be the costliest ever recorded: damage was estimated at $57 billion (55 billion euros) by AccuWeather.
