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Britney Spears has evacuated her home amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires and is offering some words of support for her fellow Angelenos.
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the pop superstar posted a message to fans and friends on Instagram, writing in a caption that she was hoping they were “all doing OK” and that she had to leave her home as areas of Los Angeles continue to be impacted by deadly fires this week.
“I had to evacuate my home and I’m driving 4 hours to a hotel,” Spears wrote, as she shared a video of mini doll shoes in an effort to “lift people’s spirits.”
“Most people may not even be on their phones,” she added. “I wasn’t the past two days because I had no electricity to charge and I just got my phone back !!! I pray you’re all doing well and I send my love 🌹 !!!”
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Spears is not the only notable figure who has been impacted by the fires in the Los Angeles area, as multiple celebrities have also evacuated and some have even lost their homes, including Paris Hilton, Ricki Lake, Anna Faris, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag.
Jamie Lee Curtis, who lives in Pacific Palisades where a blaze first ignited around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7, revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that her local market, her friends’ homes and schools have also been lost in the fire. “It’s a really awful situation,” she said, adding that she was returning to L.A. on Thursday to “try to help my friends.”
“Do anything you can,” Curtis added, pointing to the American Red Cross. “Anything in your community to help people. Whether you need it or not now, you will need it. Give blood, donate, whatever you can do.”
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As of Friday, Jan. 10, five fatalities have been confirmed, 29,000 acres have burned, over 10,000 structures have been destroyed and multiple fires are still active, per CalFire.
Since the fires began in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, experts have shared that the blazes have been fueled by severe winds and fed by dry vegetation. “It is already January, but Southern California remains dry, gripped by drought and high temperatures,“ Jacob Bendix, a professor emeritus at Syracuse University, said in a statement, as previously reported.
“Both drought and heat are known to be more likely in the context of human-caused climate change, so the fires burning now cannot be dismissed as anomalous events,” he added. “We must recognize that such fires are likely to become more common in the future. The news stories each time will fade after a few days or weeks, but the impacts in terms of lost homes and workplaces will last far longer for local residents, and virtually everyone in the region is likely to face escalating insurance costs, or difficulty obtaining insurance at all.”
Multiple public figures have been sharing updates on social media amid the fires, including Ricki Lake, who wrote in a heartfelt Instagram caption that she has lost her “dream home.”
“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,” Lake wrote. “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. 💔💔💔”
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