With greater than 5,000 buildings destroyed within the Palisades Fire, Dennis Quaid expressed his issues for his dwelling and neighborhood.
As the Golden Globe nominee evacuated his Pacific Palisades dwelling on Friday evening, he opened up about his household’s expertise for the reason that fires broke out this week, noting they’ve “had it lucky” thus far.
“Tuesday, we woke up to this big plume of smoke. That was a real exciting day as far as here in the Palisades, it went up,” he advised KNBC. “And Wednesday, it came within 150 yards of the house and these guys with their planes came down and put that retardant down there. And those helicopter pilots, they’re incredible, what they do. And I can’t say enough about the firefighters and the first responders in this town. We got some good ones, good people here.”
Quaid added, “And we’re fighting as hard as we can to save our city. Gosh, I never thought I’d say that. But that’s what’s going on.”
The Substance actor mentioned his home was “on the very edge of the first evacuation zone” of the Palisades Fire. “So we’ve had it lucky. I have so many friends who have lost — my agent, he lost both of his houses, and another good friend over at Palisades, he just moved into a house and was renting the other one. He lost both of them,” he mentioned.
A view of wildfire as firefighting planes and helicopters drop water over flames in Mandeville Canyon throughout the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California on Jan. 10, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu by way of Getty Images)
“What do you do, just to rebuild?” requested Quaid. “You start thinking about how long it takes to put a house together and then you can’t really hold it in your mind.”
Fires have damaged out within the Pacific Palisades, Eaton Canyon, Malibu, the Hollywood Hills and different areas round Los Angeles County amid a “life-threatening and destructive” windstorm that picked up Tuesday.
As of Saturday, at the least 11 folks have died within the Southern California wildfires, which have compelled roughly 105,000 folks to evacuate the Palisades space, destroying at the least 5,316 buildings, together with 426 houses. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has obtained 13 lacking individuals reviews.
President Joe Biden, who prolonged his Los Angeles journey on Wednesday to go to first responders and people affected, declared the fires a main catastrophe.
“Over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires,” wrote Biden on X. “At least two people have been killed. And many more are injured — including firefighters. It’s devastating. To the residents of Southern California: We are with you.”