{"id":2522,"date":"2025-01-10T03:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2025-01-10T03:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:46:36","slug":"palisades-fire-billy-crystals-home-of-46-years-destroyed-as-celebs-flee-ritzy-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2522","title":{"rendered":"Palisades Fire: Billy Crystal\u2019s home of 46 years destroyed as celebs flee ritzy neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer and Heidi Pratt say their home did not survive the Pacific Palisade fire, Mark Hamill says he and his family were \u2018fleeing for our lives\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Pacific<\/picture>\n

A wildfire raging through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate as it consumed businesses and homes, including those belonging to celebrities.<\/p>\n

The Palisades Fire, driven by strong Santa Ana winds, began in the Santa Monica Mountains late Tuesday morning and quickly engulfed 200 acres within an hour, surging to nearly 3,000 acres by sunset,\u00a0FOX Weather reported.<\/p>\n

Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy joined \u201cFox News @ Night\u201d on Tuesday to give an update on how firefighters are battling the fast-moving flames, but said there isn\u2019t much that can be done to stop them, so crews are focusing on evacuating and rescuing anyone still in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main focus is getting people, lives out of the way of these fires,\u201d Fennessy said. \u201cThere\u2019s not a lot we can do other than get people out of the way of these fires and then try to attack them \u2026 certainly in the Palisades, that\u2019s been the story today.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Pacific<\/picture>\n

In a statement to Fox News Digital,\u00a0Billy Crystal and his wife, Janice Crystal, said they are mourning the loss of their family home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWords cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing and experiencing,\u201d the couple said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

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