{"id":20639,"date":"2025-01-08T12:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/the-celebrity-los-angeles-area-ravaged-by-wildfire\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:11:22","slug":"the-celebrity-los-angeles-area-ravaged-by-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/the-celebrity-los-angeles-area-ravaged-by-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"The celebrity Los Angeles area ravaged by wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades typically has strangers walking around, trying to catch a glimpse of celebrities’ houses.<\/p>\n

Now, though, its streets are filled with firefighters battling a 3,000-acre wildfire that is ravaging the area.<\/p>\n

Across the city, more than 30,000 have been forced to evacuate their homes as winds stoke three fires. A state of emergency has been declared, leaving roads gridlocked as people flee. <\/p>\n

Among them, a number of famous faces have been forced to flee their usually idyllic California homes, including Star Wars’ Mark Hamill and Schitt’s Creek actor Eugene Levy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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James Woods, who has starred in films including Nixon and Casino, described evacuating his home on social media, and said he was not sure if it was still standing.<\/p>\n

“It feels like losing a loved one,” he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pacific Palisades is known for being exclusive, with a house costing $4.5m (\u00a33.6m) on average as of November 2024, according to Realtor.com.<\/p>\n

The north LA neighbourhood is bordered on the south with a three-mile (4.8km) stretch of beaches on the Pacific Ocean, nestled between Malibu and Santa Monica.<\/p>\n

It is a hub for trendy shops, cafes and a farmers’ market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eugene Levy described black smoke appearing on the horizon before he evacuated<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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But the Palisades fire – which grew from 10 acres to over 2,900 in a matter of hours – has shattered they area’s idyllic nature.<\/p>\n

Mark Hamill, of Star Wars fame, called the blaze the “most horrific fire since ’93” – which burned 18,000 acres and destroyed 323 homes in nearby Malibu – in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n

He said he evacuated his home in Malibu “so last-minute there [were] small fires on both sides of the road”.<\/p>\n

Levy, who rose to fame for his role in film series American Pie, told local media he was forced to evacuate his home. <\/p>\n

“The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon. I couldn’t see any flames but the smoke was very dark,” he recounted to the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Actor James Woods does not know if his home still stands <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Reality star’s Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag lost their family home in the fire, his sister wrote on Instagram. <\/p>\n

“I am beyond heartbroken for my brother, Heidi and the kids,” she said. “Even the fire station in the Palisades has burned down.” <\/p>\n

Miles Teller, best known for his role in Top Gun: Maverick, and his wife Keleigh, also live in the area. <\/p>\n

Posting on Instagram, Mrs Teller shared a picture of the fires and a heart-break emoji. She urged people to leave bowls of water for animals as they evacuate their homes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Actor Steve Guttenberg, known for Police Academy, stayed to help firefighters by moving cars in order to make room for incoming fire trucks.<\/p>\n

He urged residents to leave the keys to their abandoned cars so they could be moved out the way of firefighters. <\/p>\n

“We really need people to move their cars,” he told news outlet KTLA: “This is not a parking lot.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is not just famous residents affected by the wildfire – notable buildings in the area are under threat as well. <\/p>\n

The Palisades Charter High School – which has served as a set for movies and counts several notable people as former students – has been damaged by fire, local media reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fire-stricken school has been used in films including 1976 horror classic Carrie and Project X, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n

Former students include director JJ Abrams, musician Will.i.am, and actors Forest Whitaker and Katey Sagal.<\/p>\n

The Getty Villa is an art museum in the Palisades that has a large collection of artworks and artefacts, including works by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet. <\/p>\n

The museum confirmed on Tuesday that it had closed to the public and that some trees and vegetation on site had burned – but said that “no structures are on fire, and staff and the collection remain safe”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Star studded events due to take place in the area have also been cancelled. <\/p>\n

Film premiers for Unstoppable, Better Man and Wolfman have been called off, as has the Screen Actors Guild Awards live nominations event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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