The fires first ignited on Jan. 7, forcing thousands to evacuate across the Los Angeles area and leaving hundreds of thousands without power
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Anna Faris’s home has burned down amid the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles, but she and her family are unharmed, PEOPLE can confirm.
“Anna and her family are safe and very grateful,” a representative for the Just Friends actress, 48, told PEOPLE on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
The star is just one of tens of thousands of L.A. area residents who have been impacted by the fires, which continue to spread as of Wednesday evening, with the Palisades fire now being declared the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles County, according to the Associated Press.
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A number of other famous faces have shared how they’ve been impacted on social media, including Spencer and Heidi Pratt, whose home was destroyed on Tuesday, and Cameron Mathison, who’s family’s house was leveled in footage he posted to Instagram.
Mandy Moore shared devastating footage driving through her “home” of Altadena surrounded by burned out buildings and under clouds of billowing smoke. “My children’s school is gone. Our favorite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and loved ones have lost everything too,” she wrote.
Faris bought the house she has lost in 2019 following her split from Chris Pratt two years earlier. The former couple had previously shared a home together in the Hollywood Hills, Architectural Digest reported. The stars share a son, Jack.12.
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Five fires began in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, and have forced thousands to evacuate. They erupted as the National Weather Service issued a warning on Jan. 6 of a “life-threatening, destructive, widespread windstorm” beginning Tuesday afternoon.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency late Tuesday night, and President Joe Biden offered federal assistance to help combat the spreading fires.
“This event is not only not over, but it is just getting started and will get significantly worse before it gets better,” said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, at an afternoon briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 7, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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