Billy Crystal is “heartbroken” at losing her family’s 46-year-old house to historic fires that have burned over 1,100 buildings and claimed five lives.
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Celebrities including Paris Hilton, Eugene Levy, and Billy Crystal have lost their houses in the flames raging across several Los Angeles neighborhoods. To date, the fires have burned over 1,100 buildings and claimed the lives of at least five individuals.
There were six wildfires burning around the county of Los Angeles. Since the fires started on Tuesday, the wealthy Pacific Palisades, home to many well-known Hollywood figures, has been ravaged. The Los Angeles fire department ordered an emergency evacuation of parts of the neighborhood after another fire broke out in Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night.
Billy Crystal Tragedy
In a statement released on Wednesday, Billy Crystal, 76, and his wife, Janice, acknowledged that they had lost their 46-year-old Pacific Palisades house.
The magnitude of the destruction we are seeing and feeling is beyond words. The Crystals expressed their sorrow for their friends and neighbors who have also lost their homes and businesses in this disaster.
Since 1979, Janice and I have resided in our house. Here, we brought up our kids and grandkids. There was love in every square inch of our home. Lovely memories that are irreplaceable. Naturally, we are devastated, but we will overcome this with the support of our friends and kids.
“We offer up prayers for the firefighters’ and first responders’ safety a are confident that the Pacific Palisades, a tenacious community of amazing people, will eventually rise once more. We call it home.
Levy, the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades and star of Schitt’s Creek, also had his house burned on Wednesday. Levy has not yet responded, but on Tuesday, when trapped in traffic while residents were evacuated, he spoke to the media. He told the Los Angeles Times, “The smoke was very dark, but I couldn’t see any flames.”
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Actor Cary Elwes stated his Malibu home was destroyed, but he confirmed on Wednesday that his family had safely left. He stated, “We are thankful to have survived this absolutely devastating fire, even though we did lose our home.” “We want to express our gratitude to all of the firefighters, first responders, and law enforcement who worked so hard through the night and are still at it, as well as our deepest sympathies to all the families affected by this tragic event.”
On Instagram, actor-musician Mandy Moore shared a video of the streets of Altadena, which is close to Pasadena, in ruins. She added, “To be honest, I’m in shock and feeling numb for all that so many people, including my family, have lost.” “We will work together to repair our community, even though it is broken. Love is being sent to everyone impacted and working to bring this under control.
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Hilton claimed that among the houses destroyed by the fire was her Malibu home. The home where her small son took his first steps. “The destruction is unfathomable. It is incredibly tragic to realize that so many people are waking up today without the place they called home.
Actors John Goodman and James Woods, reality stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, composer Diane Warren, and television host Ricki Lake are among the other celebrities whose houses have been destroyed by the flames thus far.
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On Wednesday, Jamie Lee Curtis, an actor, stated that although her house had survived, the Palisades church where she had gone to recovery sessions twenty years prior had been demolished. “Our cherished neighborhood is no longer there. Our house is secure. She posted on Instagram, “So many other people have lost everything.”
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, might have lost his house, Biden stated on Wednesday. At a briefing on the fires on Wednesday, he stated, “My son and his wife reside out here.” They received word yesterday that their house was most likely destroyed by fire. It looks like it might still be standing today. We don’t know.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday that it will extend the voting period for this year’s Oscar nominees by two days because the fires had stopped the entertainment sector. The Critics Choice awards have been moved to January 26 from their original date of Sunday in Santa Monica.
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Biden has officially approved a federal disaster declaration that permits low-cost loans to replace uninsured property losses and federal funds to be made available to impacted residents of the county for house repairs and temporary accommodation.
In some regions of every continent, fire weather—a confluence of heat, drought, and high winds—is becoming more frequent. The US, Australia, southern Europe, and northern Eurasia have larger burned areas and a higher chance of fire due to human-caused climate disruption; there is also some scientific evidence that fires have increased in southern China. Globally, the wildfire season has gotten longer by an average of two weeks due to climate change.
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