“It’s very hard to see the roots that we struggled to build disappear. It was a beautiful anchor, another refuge. This evening I am inevitably thinking of the victims, of my friends, of my neighbors, and of all those who lost everything in this disaster as in so many others in recent years, God bless our firefighters everywhere and always,” concluded Patrick Bruel.
Amanda Sthers’ house also evacuated
During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the 65-year-old singer sent a first message to his fans on Instagram, assuring that the house was empty when the flames arrived and that his sons were safe. “At this time, it is impossible to know if the house is still standing,” he said at the time.
A few hours later, his ex-wife Amanda Sthers, guest on the show “Télématin” on Thursday to talk about her new novel “Les gestes” (Ed. Stock), confided: “We have no news from the their dad’s house, which is in Pacific Palisades and which seems to have disappeared in the flames Mine is on the other side, in Hollywood. I thought we were far away and then there was a fire. that night. They evacuated the area. Also.”
Among Patrick Bruel’s neighbors in Pacific Palisades, Laeticia Hallyday also lost her house where she lived with Jade and Joy since 2021, following the sale of the one she shared with Johnny in this same neighborhood that she loves so much. Another French woman living in Los Angeles, the actress Nadia Farès, also shared her pain at having seen her house go up in smoke. Other American stars were affected: Paris Hilton, Mark Hamill, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia…
Adam Brody and Leighton Meester’s $6.5 million villa completely gutted by flames
Kim Kardashian and her house in turn threatened
The main fires remained out of control Thursday evening in the Californian megacity, which now records at least ten deaths and where military reinforcements will be deployed. The gusts which blew up to 160 km/h in recent days, dragging embers for kilometers, have calmed down. But the wind has not disappeared and the hills remain ultra-dry: conditions remain “critical”, according to the authorities.
Thursday afternoon, another outbreak broke out near Calabasas and the wealthy Hidden Hills neighborhood, where star Kim Kardashian lives. The legendary Hollywood district, threatened for a time by the flames, can breathe: the fire in its hills was brought under control by firefighters, according to local authorities, and the evacuation order lifted Thursday morning.
The Hallyday house in flames in Los Angeles, Laeticia mourns the memories of Johnny (VIDEO)
