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Mark Hamill, here on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles.
PEOPLE – Los Angeles is on fire. An impressive fire broke out on Tuesday, January 7 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, which borders the Santa Monica Mountains, forcing more than 30,000 residents of this upscale area to evacuate their homes. Among them, celebrities, including actor Mark Hamill.
On his Instagram account, the star of the saga Star Wars says that when he left his house near Malibu, around 7 p.m., there were flames on both sides of the road. Now safe, the 73-year-old actor believes it is the most terrifying fire since 1993. ” Stay safe », he concludes.
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« Evacuated and safe with children, dog and catswrites for her part in the story the actress Mandy Moore, known in particular for her role in the series This Is Us. I pray and am grateful to the rescuers. »
Everything is going well, too, for Eugene Levy. The star of the series Schitt’s Creekrecently seen in the last season of Only Murders in the Buildingdeclared to Los Angeles Times that he had seen a “intense black smoke” while trying to get out of traffic while being evacuated.
Currently starring in the Apple TV+ series ShrinkingChrista Miller shared a video of the fire in her neighborhood filmed by a drone, adding in the caption that she was evacuated and that she addressed her “ love, prayers and gratitude to all the firefighters, who work so hard ».
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« The neighborhood I grew up in is burning », Regrets Tom Hanks’ son, Chet Hanks, while Steve Guttenberg, actor seen among others in the series Veronica Mars and the film with the Olsen sisters Dad, I have a mom for you, apparently helped authorities deal with the fire.
No casualties yet
He appeared before the cameras of local news channel KTLA 5 urging residents who were fleeing to leave their car keys in their vehicles so that he could help rescuers move them and allow the firefighters to reach the area. “ People take their keys with them, as if they were in a parking lot “, he lamented.
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, but also Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon and Michael Keaton are among the many other celebrities to live in this area populated with multi-million dollar villas built in the middle of steep canyons. But unlike the people mentioned above, they have not yet given their news on social networks.
The fire broke out while Los Angeles is being swept by particularly violent gusts: hot Santa Ana winds, typical of the Californian winter, are expected to blow up to 160 km/h, according to the American weather services. Enough to spread the flames very quickly and greatly complicate the task of the firefighters, who could find themselves deprived of aerial means in the coming hours. At this time, no casualties have been reported.
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