Candace Cameron Bure said she worries that Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood will struggle to recover after wildfires devastated the upscale neighborhood.
The Palisades Fire, which started in the Santa Monica Mountains late Tuesday morning and was fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, has already burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 buildings, Fox Weather reported Wednesday.
Bure, who has lived in the Pacific Palisades for more than 30 years, told Fox News Digital that “words cannot express” the impact the fire has had on local families and small businesses.
“It changes everything,” the actress said Wednesday afternoon.
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Candace Cameron Bure said “words cannot describe” the impact the Palisades fire has had on residents and businesses in the area. (Getty Images)
“And the destruction is so extensive that it's hard to imagine how long it will take to rebuild,” Bure continued. “And depending on what the insurance claims are and things like that, no one knows when small businesses will be able to recover or rebuild.
“There's a lot of fire insurance.” [companies] “I know that when we lived there, we couldn't get fire insurance,” she added. So when you think about these things, it's really overwhelming what people end up going through. ”
“It changes everything.”
The “Full House” alum noted that Pacific Palisades is a close-knit community of families and mostly small businesses. Although the long-term effects of the fire are unknown, Bure expressed confidence that residents will come together.
“This is a really special place in Los Angeles where life, family and community matter,” she said. “So in that sense, I know this community is going to rally around each other. Malibu is going to rally as well. We've done it in the past and we're going to do it again.”
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Pacific Palisades is a 23,431-acre area located on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean between Malibu and Santa Monica. Firefighters continue to extinguish the Palisades Fire, which has burned more than 15,800 acres, Fox News reported Wednesday.
This wealthy area is home to many famous people who were affected by the massive fire. A growing number of stars are sharing updates after being evacuated on Tuesday afternoon, including James Woods, Sandra Lee and Steve Guttenberg.
The Palisades Fire is one of six active fires in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday, according to Cal Fire. According to authorities, the six fires have a zero percent containment rate. Five people have died in the Eaton Fire, which has been burning in Altadena, near Pasadena, since Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Bure and his family lived in the Pacific Palisades for more than 30 years. (Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Bure told Fox News Digital that it was “heartbreaking” to see the inferno's destruction of the Pacific Palisades.
“Right now I'm staring out the window and watching the mountains burn,” she said. “It's shocking. And so emotionally overwhelming. We've lived in the Palisades for 30 years. We just sold our home last year. But all of our friends in our community still live in the Palisades. I am very energetic.”
“This is where we raised our children,” Bure added. “And they went to school, we went to church, we ate frozen yogurt, we went grocery shopping. And to see it completely leveled, it's heartbreaking. It's devastating. And it's sad. And we have a lot of friends and family, and countless people that we know personally have lost their homes.
This wealthy area is home to many famous people who were affected by the massive fire. (Michael Ho Wai Lee/Sipa, via AP)
“I think the most difficult thing right now is seeing us still burning,” Bure added. “The wind isn't getting any better. It shouldn't really let up until 6 o'clock tomorrow. I mean, we're actively trying to do something, I mean, we want to do something, but there's nothing we can do. It feels like it lasts forever until it calms down. ”
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More than 100,000 residents remain under evacuation orders in Los Angeles County. Bure told Fox News Digital that he has been in contact with his former neighbors since fleeing Tuesday's Palisades fire.
“I've always talked to them,” Bure said. “Everyone is evacuating.”
The Palisades Fire has burned more than 15,800 acres, Fox News reported Wednesday afternoon. (Etienne Laurent/Associated Press)
Bure and her husband Valerie Bure explained that they witnessed the devastation in their former neighborhood through videos posted on social media.
“The hardest thing right now is watching us still burn.”
“Some of the houses are still standing, but many are gone,” she says. “We personally have friends like that. [were] I was still waiting to see if their house was still alive, but then I found out that I had lost everything. So, yeah, it's pretty difficult. ”
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“It sounds like you want to help, but there's not much you can do at this point,” Bure added.
Bure and her husband, Valeri, have kept in touch with former neighbors who have fled the area. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Bure, who lived in the Pacific Palisades for many years, recalled that she and her family faced many wildfires over the years. But she said the most harrowing experience was in 2020 when the Grass Fire swept through Northern California's Napa Valley and threatened their homes in the area.
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“I thought we were going to lose our home,” she recalls. “We didn't, but the flames quickly caught on and the firefighters were able to save our home there.
“Yes, we went through it. It's heartbreaking and terrifying. And there's something about fire and everything.” [other] natural disaster. I mean, they're all horribly scary.
“But when it comes to fire, just looking at it feels like hell.”
