Candace Cameron Burr She also worries that Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood will struggle to recover after wildfires devastated the upscale area.
The Palisades Fire, which ignited late Tuesday morning in the Santa Monica Mountains and was driven by strong Santa Ana winds, has burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, Fox Weather reported Wednesday.
Burr, who has lived in Pacific Palisades for more than three decades, told Fox News Digital that she has “no words to describe the impact the fires have had on local families and small businesses.”
“This changes everything,” the actress said Wednesday afternoon.
“With the damage so severe, I can’t imagine how long it will take to rebuild,” Bull continued. “Who knows if small businesses will be able to recover or rebuild, depending on what their insurance claims are and things like that.
“A lot of fire insurance companies have completely pulled out of these areas in the canyon,” she added. “I know when we lived there we couldn’t get fire insurance. So when you think about these things, it’s really overwhelming what people are going to go through.”
“It changes everything.”
this “Full House” alumni Point out that Pacific Palisades is a tight-knit community of families and mostly small businesses. Although the long-term effects of the fires are uncertain, Bull said she believes residents will come together.
“This is a very special place in Los Angeles where life, family and community matter,” she said. “So, in that sense, I know this community will come together. Malibu will come together. We’ve done it in the past. We’re going to do it again.”
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Pacific Palisades is located on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, between Malibu and Santa Monica and covers 23,431 acres. Firefighters are continuing to battle the Palisades Fire, which has burned more than 15,800 acres, Fox News reported Wednesday.
This affluent area is home to many celebrities affected by the fire. one A growing list of stars, People including James Woods, Sandra Lee and Steve Guttenberg shared updates after evacuating Tuesday afternoon.
The Palisades Fire is One of six fires raging As of Wednesday, there were fires burning in Los Angeles County, according to Cal Fire. Authorities said six fires had zero containment. The Eaton Fire has been burning in Altadena, near Pasadena, since Tuesday afternoon and has killed five people.
Bull told Fox News Digital it was “heartbreaking” to see the devastation caused by the Pacific Palisades fire.
“I’m staring out the window right now, watching the mountain burn,” she said. “It’s devastating. It’s emotionally overwhelming. We’ve lived in Palisades for 30 years. We just sold our house last year. But all our friends in the community are still there.
“This is where we raised our children,” Bull added. “They go to school, we go to church, drink frozen yogurt, go grocery shopping. It’s heartbreaking and devastating to see it completely razed to the ground. It’s sad. We have so many friends and Families, we know countless people who have lost their homes.
“I think the hardest part right now is we’re still watching it burn,” Bull added. “The wind isn’t getting better. It won’t really die down until six o’clock tomorrow. So, it’s like you’re actively trying to, you know, do something, but there’s nothing you can do until it settles down, which feels like forever.”
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More than 100,000 residents in Los Angeles County remain under evacuation orders. Bull told Fox News Digital that she has been in contact with her former neighbors since they fled their homes. fence fire Tuesday.
“I talk to them all the time,” Buell shared. “Everyone was evacuated.”
Bull explained that she and her husband, Valerie Bull, saw the devastation in their former neighborhood through videos posted on social media.
“The hardest part right now is we’re still watching it burn.”
“Some of the houses are still there, but a lot of them are gone,” she said. “We personally have friends who are still waiting to see if their house is still there and then confirm that they’ve lost everything. So, yeah, it’s very difficult.”
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“It’s like you want to help, but there’s nothing you can do at this point,” Bull added.
As a longtime resident of Pacific Palisades, Bull recalled that she and her family had faced many wildfires over the years. However, she said their most traumatic experience occurred when glass fire In 2020, hurricanes ripped through Northern California’s Napa Valley, threatening their homes in the region.
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“We thought we were going to lose our home,” she recalled. “We didn’t. But the flames came up immediately and firefighters saved our home there.
“So, yeah, we’ve been through it. It’s heartbreaking and it’s scary. There’s some differences between fires and all (other) natural disasters. I mean, they’re all scary and horrific.
“However, when it comes to fire, you look at it and it feels like hell.”