The wildfires that began on Tuesday (Jan. 7) have quickly transformed into five simultaneous fires in separate neighborhoods and have forced more than 180,000 residents (and the number continues to rise) to evacuate their homes.
Thousands of houses have been burned to the ground, as have schools, restaurants and businesses in the area. An actor who has suffered the consequences of the ravenous flames is Milo Ventimigliawho revealed in a talk with CBS News that he saw his house burn after he and his wife got to safety Jarah Marianowho is in an advanced state of pregnancy.
Ventimiglia and the CBS team went to the place where the actor’s house was located a few days ago to talk about the terrible experience. When asked how he felt being there, Ventimiglia said while fighting back tears: “Heavy.”
“It hits you very quickly. You start thinking about all the memories of different parts of the house and so on.. “Then you see your neighbors’ houses and everything around you, and your heart breaks.”
After reaching safety, Ventimiglia and his wife watched their house burn on security cameras: “I think there’s a moment of shock where you say, ‘Oh, this is real and this is happening.’ And then at a certain point we just turn off the TV. What’s the point of continuing to watch it? In a way, we accept the loss.”
Reality surpassed fiction: the similarity of Ventimiglia’s situation with his character in This Is Us
The actor also spoke of the eerie similarities to the ordeal his character faced in This Is Us Jack Pearson, whose house also burned: “It doesn’t escape me that life imitates art. We have good friends and we have good people we work with. We will manage. “My wife, my baby and my dog are the most important thing.”
His wife on This Is Us, played by Mandy Moorealso suffered fire damage to his home. While the house is practically destroyed, she revealed: “Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing. For now. It is not habitable, but it is practically intact.”
Celebrities who lost their home due to the Los Angeles fires
The Oscar-winning actor, James Woodsbroke down during a live television interview while detailing her evacuation and loss of her home. “One day you are swimming in the pool and the next day everything has disappeared.”said. He also burst into tears as he remembered his eight-year-old niece’s innocent offer of help. “He came out with his little Yeti piggy bank so we could rebuild our house,” she said, wiping away tears.
The singer Jhee Aiko and the mother of Beyonce, Tina Knowles They also lost their homes in the fire, as did the actor and comedian Billy Crystal and the musician and television personality Paris Hilton.
Hilton shared her experience watching her house burn on television. “It broke my heart more than I can put into words,” she wrote on Instagram. “Sitting with my family, watching the news, and watching our house in Malibu burn to the ground live on television is something no one should have to experience. “This house was the place where we made so many precious memories.”
Cary Elwesbest known for starring The princess bride and Sawwrote on his Instagram account: “Unfortunately we lost our housebut we are grateful to have survived this truly devastating fire.”
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