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Monday 12 noveMber 2018

Homeowners - famous and not - await word of wildfire’s toll

By LYNN ELBER ily to let them know he and dollar homes, including
AP Television Writer his wife, Janet, were safe one made famous in ABC’s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rich and planned to sleep in reality dating series “The
or not, famous or not, there their car by the beach. Bachelor.”
was little reprieve Saturday The status of Martin Sheen’s The show’s producers said
from the California wildfires home was unknown Satur- in a statement Saturday
sweeping through towns as day. that, with the area closed
different as the star-filled “Beverly Hills, 90210” star to traffic, they didn’t know
oceanside enclave of Mal- Doherty said her “heart is the condition of what is pri-
ibu and the modest com- ripped apart” by the loss of marily a private residence.
munities nearby and in the a Malibu home where she They said their main con-
state’s north. and husband Kurt Iswarien- cern “is with the family who
Lady Gaga, Martin Sheen ko were married in 2011, has been displaced, their
and Kim Kardashian West posting on Instagram a neighbors, and all the com-
were among the celebri- wedding-day photo of the munities impacted by this
ties who joined thousands smiling couple on a tree- tragic fire.”
of others in evacuating lined path at the property Also left waiting was Caitlyn
from the affluent coastal apparently owned by a Jenner, whose hilltop home
city that is as well-known as friend. appeared intact when it
its residents. Stars went on- She had previously found was shot by a photogra-
line to share their worries, refuge in the house when pher for The Associated
with some able to follow up her father died in 2010, Press on Saturday morning.
with good news Saturday. This combination photo shows celebrities, top row from left, Doherty wrote. Jenner’s representative
Scott Baio, Guillermo del Toro, Caitlyn Jenner and bottom row
Alyssa Milano, who on Fri- from left, Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano and Rainn Wilson, who “It’s the place I felt my dad noted that the Olympic
day tweeted that her house have been forced to evacuate their homes due to a fast-moving with me. It’s gone. Fire has gold medalist wouldn’t
was “in jeopardy” but she wildfire in Southern California. taken it away. I’m devas- know the extent of any
had gotten needed help Associated Press tated by all that’s happen- damage to the home until
to evacuate her horses saster.” ing if my home will burst ing,” she said. she was allowed to return
and that her children were Others were left to wait. into flames. All we can do The blaze started Thursday to it.
safe, was among the lucky “I am thinking so deeply is pray together & for each night and by Friday had Even outside the evacu-
ones. for everyone who is suf- other. God Bless You.” pushed toward Malibu ation zone, the impact of
“My house is still standing. fering today from these There were shout-outs as and the Pacific Ocean, the fire was being felt by
I’m on my way to bring fire- abominable fires & griev- well to the firefighters strug- prompting evacuations in others in the entertainment
fighters water and food,” ing the loss of their homes gling to contain the fires in Malibu, Calabasas, Agoura industry.
she tweeted. She previous- or loved ones,” Lady Gaga what were described as es- Hills and other nearby ar- “The world is literally on
ly said her heart was with tweeted. “I’m sitting here pecially difficult conditions. eas. Authorities said Satur- fire right now. And unfortu-
others facing “this awful di- with many of you wonder- “These guys are heroes,” day that two people were nately it’s becoming more
filmmaker Guillermo del found dead in the fire zone and more common here in
Toro posted on Twitter. His and at least 150 homes California,” actress Natalie
so-called “Bleak House,” burned . Portman said Friday night in
which contains his collec- Officials stressed late Sat- Hollywood at an American
tion of items too scary to urday that high winds are Film Institute Fest premiere
be kept in the family home, expected to resume on of her film “Vox Lux.”
was endangered. Sunday and mandatory She said she was hoping
Shannen Doherty, who’d evacuations must remain for the best for friends and
been out of town when the in place. everyone else affected by
fire broke out, said online In Northern California, the the blaze. She said she’d
that friends staying at her small inland town of Para- spoken to her own two
Malibu house evacuated dise was virtually wiped out children about the fires be-
safely with her dogs. She by a fast-moving blaze that cause “they need to feel
expressed gratitude to fire- destroyed more than 6,700 safe” and also understand
fighters “putting their lives buildings and claimed nine that there are broad re-
on the line for all of us” and lives as of Saturday. gional effects, like poor air
sympathy for others affect- Rainn Wilson, who played quality.
ed by the fire. Dwight on “The Office,” Paramount Pictures can-
Sheen (“The West Wing,” indicated online that he celed Sunday’s premiere
‘’Apocalypse Now”), inter- and his family were away of the film “Instant Family”
viewed by a TV station on when flames “roared down in Los Angeles due the wild-
the beach Friday night af- the creek bed behind our fire. The studio said it would
ter fleeing his home, said house and missed it by a donate food ordered for
the fire was the worst he dozen yards!” the after party to the Amer-
has ever seen. He said he “Thousands of others have ican Red Cross, and would
expects his house was de- lost homes and pets and screen the film at an evac-
stroyed. precious belongings. Espe- uation center.
The interview occurred af- cially the residents of Para- Kardashian West posted
ter his son, actor Charlie dise who have lost lives,” video on Instagram of an
Sheen, tweeted that he’d he tweeted. area on fire with a mes-
been unable to contact his Although the fatalities sage “Pray for Calabasas.”
father, and the Los Angeles overshadowed any loss of She said she landed back
Fox affiliate KTTV tracked property, Malibu’s fame in- home, spent one hour
him down. Martin Sheen evitably called attention to packing and evacuated
gave a shoutout to his fam- the state of its multimillion- shortly afterward.q