Heartbreaking moment Jennifer Garner reveals her friend died in devastating LA wildfires as death toll hits 11
As she talked about her buddy who lost their life in the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles, Jennifer Garner was spotted fighting back tears.
52-year-old Golden Globe winner confessed her companion “did not get out on time” in an emotional statement.
Garner served survivors of the Palisades fire, the largest disaster in LA history, while working with the World Central Kitchen.
She has spent twenty-five years living in the Pacific Palisades region.
The actress said she lost a buddy from her local church and called the experience “really tender” in an interview with MSNBC.
“I did lose a friend,” remarked a tearful Garner. And it’s quite sensitive for our church. Therefore, I don’t think I should discuss her just now.
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“But yeah, I did lose a friend who did not get out on time.”
Garner went on to say: “My heart hurts for all my friends who have been affected by the devastating flames that have ravaged Los Angeles.
“There are 5,000 homes lost, and I can think of 100 families. I can list a hundred people who lost their homes without even thinking about it.
“I almost feel bad about going through my house, but what can I do? How may I be of assistance? “What can I provide?”
The actress also disclosed that the Methodist church she used to attend on Sundays was completely destroyed by fire.
“It’s my family’s church,” she remarked. My children attended Sunday school there.
“A few weeks ago, we all gathered there to light the Advent candle. We saw the young children perform. It’s a preschool. It plays a major role in our community.
It happened after Ben Affleck, her ex-husband, hurried to her house in Brentwood after he had to leave his mansion due to fire concerns.
Ten thousand homes have been destroyed and eleven people have been killed by raging wildfires in Los Angeles.
As strong winds threaten to feed the towering infernos, uncontrolled flames have been tearing through neighborhoods for days.
Over 5,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed by Palisades, the largest of the six fires that are presently raging.
The Palisades wildfire began Tuesday with a blaze and spread to more than 15,000 acres by the following morning.
More than 21,000 acres, thousands of residences, businesses, and other famous monuments in Los Angeles have been destroyed by the destructive fire thus far.
Current information on the destructive flames in Los Angeles:
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Palisades
: At least 21,596 acres, 8% contained -
Eaton
: At least 14,117 acres, 3% contained -
Kenneth:
At least 1,052 acres, 50% contained -
Hurst
: At least 771 acres, 70% contained -
Lidia
: At least 395 acres, 98% contained -
Archer:
At least 19 acres, 0% contained
Authorities are now requesting that residents leave the region from Sunset Boulevard north to Encino Reservoir, converting earlier evacuation warnings into obligatory orders.
Just 8% of the Palisades fire has been suppressed thus far.
The SunSet Fire, which is destroying Hollywood Hills, is one of the other flames in the area.
Calabasas and Hidden Hills have seen widespread evacuations due to the Kenneth Fire, another roaring conflagration.
One suspect has been taken into custody as part of the arson investigation.
Areas of the city “look like a bomb was dropped in them,” according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, who called the fires a “crisis.”
With independent forecaster Accuweather projecting the overall damage and economic loss up to $150 billion, the disastrous flames are expected to have a significant impact on the city and its citizens.
More than 1,400 firemen have been sent in by Governor Gavin Newsom, and more teams are coming in from nearby states, but the effort to put out the fire is far from over.
Whole blocks of homes in Los Angeles have been reduced to rubble by the flames, according to satellite images.
Hollywood A-listers have cruelly witnessed their mansions being reduced to smoldering wreckage as a result of the wind-fueled flames that have devastated the properties of the wealthy and famous.
This includes Oscar winner Mel Gibson, Spencer Pratt, and supermodel Bella Hadid.
The houses of other famous people, like 68-year-old Tom Hanks and 78-year-old Steven Spielberg, barely survived the fires.
A former Australian child actor lost his life in the horrific wildfires after his mother was unable to save him because of a lack of water.
Rory Callum Sykes, a 32-year-old Brit, was trapped inside a Malibu property that caught fire from flying embers.
According to Mum Shelley, the water supply was cut off when she attempted to use a hose to extinguish the embers that had fallen on the roof of the 17-acre home.
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In the meantime, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised everyone by visiting the victims of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
Outside the World Central Kitchen in Pasadena, the victims received food, toys, and necessary supplies from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
‘War zone’ LA feels ‘broken’ as fires still ravage the city – but we will rebuild
Katy Forrester, the assistant editor for exclusives for the U.S. Sun, lives in Los Angeles and saw the devastation firsthand as the city was enveloped in flames. The city feels like a “war zone,” she claimed.
Los Angeles prepares for wildfires each year. It is not unusual to witness houses burning to the ground and hills being torched by flames.
However, a lot of locals have never seen something as terrible as what happened this week. And it’s far from over.
While I was in the vicinity of Pacific Palisades, where the air was heavy with smoke, I witnessed frantic families escaping the city and others pleading with police to allow them to enter their homes because the roads were closed.
Since thousands of individuals were left homeless and with few belongings, the phrase “everything is gone” was heard a lot.
I was fortunate that the power outage just affected my house, but I will always remember what I saw when driving around the city.
It resembled a battlefield.
I had a conversation with a shelter resident who has been fighting cancer for about 30 years when I was there. Even after being instructed to leave, he stayed.
Only as the flames started to leap around his building did he finally pack his things and flee.
Buildings were still engulfed in flames when I reported from Altadena, and there were not many fire trucks visible due to the overburdened emergency services.
Heartbroken relatives crowded around in disbelief, unable to comprehend what had occurred, while cars and school buses were entirely destroyed by fire.
I felt comfortable as I drove back home toward the city center as the sun was setting, but a few minutes from my house, I noticed orange flames leaping behind buildings.
I was ill. Wildfires so close to Hollywood had never happened to me before, and all of a sudden, phones began ringing with evacuation orders.
Street lamps and traffic lights were out, and places with fallen trees from the high winds were congested.
Although friends panicked and left their houses, I consider myself tremendously fortunate to reside just minutes outside of the evacuation zone.
The truth is rather different, even if many people around the world will just shrug when they hear that wealthy people have lost their homes.
Everyone in the city feels broken; from elderly folks to single mothers, everyone has experienced terrible things.
People are also upset.
Others are in shock over alleged corruption and poor management, while several have described how their insurance policies were canceled just months before the fires.
They might be upset. However, they also have hope. Los Angeles residents are resilient individuals.
We’ll overcome this. We’ll rebuild, too.