Hollywood actress Elizabeth Chambers has claimed that the government's response to the Los Angeles fires was inadequate.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Chambers, 42, was asked if she thought city officials did everything they could to put out the Los Angeles fires.
“I think it was a disaster,” she said. “I don't think anyone was prepared for it. I don't think anyone expected it to be on a scale.”
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Elizabeth Chambers told FOX News Digital what she got when she had to evacuate with her children during the Los Angeles fires. (Philip Farawan/Getty Images, Vanity Fair)
Chambers shared his feelings about billionaire real estate developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso.
“And Caruso saved the village of Palisades. … You can say something political, you can't. But at the end of the day, he has time to prepare like everyone else. …I mean, untouched. Untouched. ”
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“Music is still playing in Palisades Village, as if it were Disneyland and everything around it was destroyed. So do you think the measures were taken appropriately and quickly? Absolutely not. there is no.”
Caruso, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 mayoral race against Karen Bass, previously called the Palisades fire, which destroyed millions of dollars of real estate and no longer had a water supply, “an absolute mismanagement by the city.” He said that it represents.
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Rick Caruso explodes the Palisades water shortage. (Getty Images)
“There's no water in the Palisades. There's no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is complete mismanagement by the city. It's not the firefighters' fault, it's the city's fault,” Caruso said. Fox11 Los Angeles when the fire raged.
A deadly fire broke out in the Los Angeles area on January 7, destroying homes and businesses and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate for safety. Officials said Thursday that more than 30 people were still missing and two more people died, bringing the death toll to 27.
“So do you think that action was taken appropriately and quickly? Absolutely not.”
Firefighters watch as a helicopter sprays water on the Palisades Fire at Mandeville Canyon in Los Angeles on January 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Chambers recounted the moment she had to evacuate as she quickly gathered her and her children's belongings.
“I took passports. I took birth certificates. I took pictures similar to what I had in the house. I took old family photos,” she told Fox News Digital. I explained. “I just packed up for a few nights.”
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When evacuating, Chambers said, “I took my passport with me. I took my birth certificate with me. I also took old family photos that were in the house.” (Morgan Lieberman/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
The TV personality, who has two children with ex-husband Armie Hammer, has told her young children (daughter Harper, 10, and son Ford, 7) what she thinks about the tragic fires in California. He explained how he explained it to him.
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“I think with anything in parenting, you have to be the captain of the plane. … If the captain of the plane panics, the passengers panic, too. And that's how I generally approach parenting.” It's just that,” she told FOX News Digital. .
Chambers has two children with ex-husband Armie Hammer, daughter Harper, 10, and son Ford, 7. (Paul Brunosi/Patrick McMullan)
“But if the pilot of the plane doesn't panic and says everything is fine and you know you're about to crash, you don't trust that pilot. So that's transparency. It's a really honest conversation and what it's about is transparency.''Reassurance.
“I can tell you that right now a lot of people are homeless. We have everything that is important to us. And no matter what, we are a family. And we are healthy and together. And we will continue to do so,'' she said.
WATCH: Elizabeth Chambers raises money for Los Angeles fires with charity cupcakes
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Chambers is helping raise money for victims of the California fires through her charity, Cupcakes for a Cause.
The owners of Bird Bakery will be donating 100% of the proceeds from their Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes to the Los Angeles Fire Department through February 1st.
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“Throughout our nearly 13 years of business, we have consistently created CUPCAKE FOR A CAUSE™️ to benefit numerous tragedies and events in our region and beyond,” Chambers' company said earlier this week. This is no exception,” he posted on Instagram. .
“My children and I have been evacuated for the past seven days and we are still praying for the safety of our home, but we are lucky. This is truly unthinkably devastating for so many people and this It's ours.'' A chance to help. ”
“It's a vanilla cake with sliced strawberries folded in and lemon buttercream,” Chambers told Fox News Digital. “And we've already sold a lot of merchandise over the past few days. That money will go directly to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.”
She said the flavor makes sense because 90 percent of strawberries grown in the United States come from California, and “we're turning lemons into lemonade.”
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Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
