The fire continues to ravage the outskirts of Los Angeles, overhung by acrid whitish smoke: the main fires were still out of control Thursday evening in the Californian megacity, which has now recorded at least ten deaths and where military reinforcements will be deployed. 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders. At this time, hundreds of people have lost their homes, including many celebrities such as Laeticia Hallyday and heiress Paris Hilton.
Laeticia Hallyday, the widow of the rocker star who died in 2017, announced this Thursday, January 9 on Instagram that she had “lost everything”. “There is nothing left. I saw our house go to ashes, helpless in the face of the flames which took everything away“, she wrote. “It wasn’t just a house… It was our refuge, our rebirth after the chaos of grief. (…) But above all, she helped us to get back on our feet, to rebuild ourselves after the unimaginable absence of my husband“, she confides.
Patrick Bruel lost his “other refuge”
In a post on Instagram, Patrick Bruel announced during the night from Thursday to Friday that he had also lost his house: “another refuge” in which his children, Oscar and Léon, grew up. The latter was located in Pacific Palisade in the district affected by the gigantic fire. “This evening I am necessarily 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.“
“Unimaginable devastation” for Paris Hilton
For her part, heiress Paris Hilton, 43, said she saw her Malibu house go up in smoke live on television. “I’m heartbroken“, added the heiress to the Hilton hotel empire on Instagram. “The devastation is unimaginable“. She then shared a video of her five dogs in the back of her car and said she was sheltering in a hotel.
Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, known for his role in “Silence of the Lambs”, also saw his house destroyed, according to American media. Photos appear to show his house devastated but the 87-year-old actor has not yet reacted.
As for “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill, he said on Instagram that he left his Malibu home with his wife and dog, escaping down a road surrounded by flames. He did not confirm whether his house had been razed but said that he and his family “were fleeing to save (their) skin“.
Actor couple Leighton Meester and Adam Bordy, seen on the Golden Globes red carpet on Sunday, also lost their home in the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood. People magazine obtained photographs of their home engulfed in flames.
-Jamie Lee Curtis to give away a million dollars
“Our beloved neighborhood is gone. Our house is unharmed. So many others have lost everything” wrote Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis on Instagram.
She announced Thursday that she was offering $1 million to those affected by the Los Angeles fires.
“Whiplash” actor Miles Teller also lost the home he shared with his wife Keleigh, according to photos published by People magazine. It is sadly the same for Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges, the “Dude” of “The Big Lebowski”, who lost his family home in Malibu according to the specialized American site TMZ.
Billy Crystal, the American star, notably featured in the film “When Harry Met Sally”, announced that he had lost his house in a press release, with only the tennis court surviving the flames. “Words cannot describe the extent of the devastation we are witnessing and experiencing“, said the 76-year-old actor of this house where he had lived for 46 years.
According to American media, the house of actor Eugene Levy also went up in smoke. The “Schitt’s Creek” star previously told the Los Angeles Times how he walked through the thick cloud of black smoke released by the fires to evacuate.
“Princess Bride” actor Cary Elwes’ home was also swallowed. The 62-year-old star previously shared a video of himself in a car showing the orange blaze in the distance and calling the scene “biblical.”
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