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UPDATE — 1/8/25 at 4:13 p.m. ET: Sandra Lee updated fans that she has relocated to a hotel after sharing that the wildfires in Los Angeles were inching dangerously close to her home.
“Good morning, thank you for all your well wishes. I’m in a hotel. I don’t have a home anymore,” she said in an emotional Instagram video shared on Wednesday, January 8. “My house is gone. It’s literally gone. I’ve been crying all night. Thank God everybody is safe. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know how to compartmentalize this. I don’t know what to do. All my stuff, all the last five years of my life.”
Lee noted that she planned on heading to work like she does “every day.” She added through tears, “I’m gonna rebuild it I think, I don’t know how.”
“For all your prayers — Thank you. I’m trying to process all this … I am truly grateful we are all safe. My house is gone — I cried all night and thought about every room, nook, and cranny. It was perfection and now it’s just Ash,” she captioned her post. “Please keep our community, the firefighters and the first responders in your prayers. This is not over — not even close. Love and Prayers always — Sandra Lee.”
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Sandra Lee is just one notable name who has been impacted by the current wildfires in Los Angeles.
“My home in Malibu has got me through some of the darkest moments in my life. I have loved creating it, embellishing it, building it, caring for it, and protecting it,” Lee, 58, shared in an Instagram caption on Tuesday, January 7. “I’ve cherished every moment I have had with it. As the fire draws closer, I pray for it — I pray for everyone in Los Angeles right now. What an incredibly terrifying moment for my community.”
The celebrity chef continued, “As the fire reaches our doorstep, please stay in contact with each other; Community in times like these is our lifeline. We are all safe but the fire is inching closer to my slice of heaven in Malibu.”
Lee told followers about her long history in Malibu — starting when she was a waitress in 1989.
“I dreamed of a home like this (FOR ME) and worked my butt off for it,” she wrote. “I am sad but I am sending all my love to all the first responders and firefighters who are literally giving it all they’ve got to keep us safe!!! Love and Prayers always.”
Along with her hopeful caption, Lee shared three videos as the fires raged on. The first was taken as she started evacuating her home, which was meters away.
“Sandra, it’s right here,” a voice is heard saying in the background of the clip as Lee zooms in on the fire in her area. “I got everything I could.”
A second video showed Lee recording some of the damage from the fires as she was driving. Black smoke is seen covering the road as she passes by a firetruck going the other way. In a third clip, Lee recorded billowing gray smoke in the air over a body of water as ash fell from the sky.
The Los Angeles Times reported that an extreme wind storm caused by the Santa Ana gusts started brush fires in L.A. on Tuesday, with citizens evacuating for safety reasons. More than 13,000 structures are “under threat,” the Associated Press also reported on Tuesday, noting that the fire’s origin has not yet been confirmed.
Lee isn’t the only star who has shared her experience with the fires. Eugene Levy spoke with the L.A. Times on Tuesday, revealing that he had also been evacuated from his home.
“The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon,” the Schitt’s Creek star told the newspaper. “I couldn’t see any flames but the smoke was very dark.”
