As devastating Pacific Palisades, Eaton and Hurst wildfires continue to rage throughout Los Angeles, celebrities have taken to social media to share their first-hand photos and videos of the infernos, while many of them evacuate their homes.
So far, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have lost their home to the blaze, as have Cameron Mathison and Ricki Lake. Per TMZ, Heidi and Spencer’s family was able to safely evacuate, but are devastated by their loss.
We also has footage of homes belonging to Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, as well as Anna Faris in flames.
Chet Hanks, son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, also posted about his childhood neighborhood being burned down in the fire — while Maria Shriver tweeted that she evacuated on Wednesday morning.
Ricki Lake’s Malibu’s “dream home” is no more. On Wednesday, she revealed she lost the house in the fire.
“It’s all gone. 💔 I can’t believe I am typing these words,” she began, sharing that despite a “valiant and brave effort” from one of their friends, she and her husband Ross Burningham “lost our dream home.”
“This description ‘dream home’ doesn’t suffice. It was our heaven on earth. The place where we planned to grow old together. We never took our heavenly spot on the bluff overlooking our beloved malibu for granted, not even for one second,” she captioned a slideshow of photos of the house before the fire.
“I shared our sunset 🌅 views almost daily with all of you. This loss is immeasurable. It’s the spot where we got married 3 years ago. I grief along with all of those suffering during this apocalyptic event,” she continued. “Praying for all of my neighbors, my friends, my community, the animals, the firefighters and first responders. More to share soon of how we escaped with Dolly and not much else. For now I grieve. 💔💔💔”
General Hospital star Cameron Mathison first started posting about the wind in his area on Tuesday afternoon, before eight hours later, he revealed the fire was dangerously close to his home. The next day, his house was gone.
“We are safe But this is what’s left of our beautiful home,” he captioned footage of the burnt structure, some of it still on fire. “Our home where our kids were raised and where they wanted to raise their own someday. Thanks to all who reached out and checked in. Can’t respond to all so wanted to give an update here.”
“Sending so many prayers to everyone being affected by these fires🙏🏼,” he concluded.
After sharing photos and videos of the then-encroaching fires on Tuesday, Whitney Cummings revealed on Wednesday morning that she, too, was evacuating her home.
“LAFD snd just all fire fighters, thank you. Gonna be a wild couple days,” she first shared to Instagram on Tuesday. “As I seriously consider moving out of California I remember these heroes don’t think that way.”
On Wednesday, she took to her Stories to add, “We are okay for now but evacuating. Sometimes evacuating too soon just clogs the roads and makes it harder for the LAFD. But this fire is moving so fast that [now is] not the time to take changes.”
“This changes everything forever,” she concluded.
Overnight, Mark Hamill posted that he, his wife and their dog evacuated Malibu.
In a “personal fire update,” he wrote that at 7pm, they evacuated “so last-minute” that there were “small fires on both sides” of the Pacific Coast Highway. By 8:15, he and his family arrived at their daughter Chelsea’s Hollywood home.
He went on to call the blaze the “most horrific fire since ’93,” before telling followers to “STAY SAFE.”
Actor James Woods began post videos of the encroaching fires fairly early in the day on Tuesday, before saying he was “leaving” the area as homes around him began to burn down.
“We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well. We are safe and out,” he posted to X. “Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD.”
He continued sharing footage from his security cameras, before saying his neighbor’s home was on fire. Overnight, he shared that “all the smoke detectors are going off in our house,” a sign that his house was possibly succumbing to the fire.
“I couldn’t believe our lovely little home in the hills held on this long. It feels like losing a loved one,” he wrote. “It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.”
Mandy Moore’s family was affected by the Eaton fire.
Overnight, she took to her Instagram Story to report she was “evacuated and safe with kids, dogs and cats.” She added, “Praying and grateful for the first responders.”
On Wednesday morning, she shared an update, alongside a photo of her with one of her three young sons.
“Grateful for the kindness of friends that we had a place to land last night. Trying to shield the kids from the immense sadness and worry I feel. Praying for everyone in our beautiful city. So gutted for the destruction and loss,” she wrote.
Moore added, “Don’t know if our place made it.”
Sandra Lee took to Instagram to share a number of videos seemingly showing her evacuating Malibu.
“My home in Malibu has got me through some of the darkest moments in my life. I have loved creating it, embellishing it, building it, caring for it, and protecting it. I’ve cherished every moment I have had with it,” she wrote. “As the fire draws closer, I pray for it—- I pray for everyone in Los Angeles right now. What an incredibly terrifying moment for my community.”
“As the fire reaches our doorstep, please stay in contact with each other; Community in times like these is our lifeline. We are all safe but the fire is inching closer to my slice of heaven in Malibu,” she continued. “When I was waitress at the Malibu Adobe back in 1989, I dreamed of a home like this (FOR ME) and worked my butt off for it. I am sad but I am sending all my love to all the first responders and firefighters who are literally giving it all they’ve got to keep us safe!!!”
Though it’s unclear which homes they were referring to, both Alabama and Landon Barker– children of Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler — revealed they also evacuated.
“Just evacuated from my home due to wild fires in Los Angeles, please be safe!!” Alabama shared to her Instagram Story. “They are saying the fires are spreading football field amounts in seconds.”
Landon, meanwhile, shared a snap of himself to his Story, captioning it, “Just evacuated praying for everyone the fires have affected.”
Princess Bride actor Cary Elwes shared video of himself evacuating Malibu, pulling over briefly on the side of the road to catch footage of the hills on fire.
“Evacuation from Malibu 10.30pm PST #Biblical,” he captioned the footage, as Octavia Spencer commented on the post, “Lord.”
Child’s Play star Jennifer Tilly shared a photo of her and her boyfriend Phil Laak after evacuating their home due to the Palisades fire.
“Phil and I had to evacuate to the Commerce Casino,” she captioned the photo, showing the pair in their pajamas outside the hotel.
Fellow Real Housewives of Beverly Hills“friend,” Kathy Hilton commented on the post — writing, “🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏” RHOC’s Tamra Judge added, “❤️❤️❤️ be safe.”
Mira Sorvino shared her first-person POV of the fires in Malibu — and can be heard saying in one video, “Another Malibu fire.”
“Welcome to the inferno. 2nd fire & evacuation in less than a month,” she captioned the carousel of images and footage of the blaze.
“This one’s pretty terrifying to behold,” she added. “Praying that everyone gets out safe with their loved ones and pets – we wrangled our cats in a blackout but all well & accounted for.”
Though she didn’t share her own photos — instead sharing those from photographer Ethan Swope, Jamie Lee Curtis made it sound like she too had evacuated.
“My community and possibly my home is on fire. My family is safe. Many of my friends will lose their homes. Many other communities as well,” she captioned the post. “
She also urged people to please verify the information they’re sharing amid the chaos, before thanking “the firefighters and all of the good Samaritans who are helping people get out of the way of the blaze.”
“Neighbors have taken care of neighbors. We ALL take everything for granted because we are all living our lives but when it hits your community, it’s particularly shocking,” she continued. “Life on life’s terms. If ever there was need for the use of the phrase MY HAND IN YOURS, it is right now.”
She concluded, “Take care of each other. Stay out of the way and let the firefighters do their work. Pray if you believe in it and even if you don’t, pray for those who do.”
In a later update Wednesday, she added, “Our beloved neighborhood is gone. Our home is safe. So many others have lost everything. Help where you can.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt posted to her Instagram page about the Palisades fire, making it sound like she and her family had also evacuated.
“I have no words. Only prayers and holding as much hope as I can for our home and our kids while we watch everything burn,” she captioned her post, which also included a photo taken from inside a car driving past a fire.
“Thank you to every first responder fighting so hard for all of us. Thank you to every friend who reached out and new person I have hugged in tears in the last 24 hours. 💔🙏🏻,” she concluded.
Entertainment reporter Catt Sadler also shared on Tuesday night that she was evacuating — as an orange glow, presumably from the fires, could be seen behind the hills near her home.
Sharing a photo of her dark neighborhood, she wrote, “Power out. We are evacuating. Fires are growing and just so heartbroken for those directly impacted.”
