Oprah Winfrey Prays and Katy Perry's Family Evacuates as California Fire Threatens Homes
The Thomas Fire, one of several wildfires raging in California, has prompted mandatory evacuations, road closures and unhealthy air quality warnings in parts of Santa Barbara County—which includes Montecito, where in addition to Winfrey, celebs such as Lowe and Ellen DeGeneresown multi-million dollar homes, as well as neighboring Ventura County, which is adjacent to Los Angeles County.
The wildfire has already burned through 269,000 acres, has destroyed at least 1,000 structures and is threatening 18,000 more as of Sunday morning. More than 8,500 firefighters are working to put out the wildfire, which last week killed one of their colleagues, fire apparatus engineer Cory Iverson.
"Firefighter Cory Iverson lost his life in this disaster, leaving behind his pregnant wife, Ashley, and their two year old daughter," DeGeneres tweeted on Sunday. "I can't imagine your loss. I'm sending you all so much love."
Last weekend, DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossievacuated their pets from another house they own, a $18.6 million beachfront home in Carpinteria, located southeast of Santa Barbara and Montecito.
"Our home is still standing, but so many homes have been lost," DeGeneres tweeted. "Firefighters continue to be my heroes."
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