Jennie Garth is feeling grateful however “numb” after escaping the LA fires.
In a teary Instagram video posted Thursday, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, 52, revealed that she and her household fled their fire-threatened Los Angeles residence and got shelter by her ex-husband, actor Peter Facinelli.
“I needed to let that we’re secure,” Garth started her caption to the clip. “Peter and his household took us in and have been so form.”
Garth met the “Twilight” star, 51, in 1995 whereas filming the film “An Unfinished Affair.” They married in January 2001 and had three daughters collectively — Luca, 27, Lola, 21, and Fiona, 18 — earlier than Facinelli filed for divorce in March 2012.
The wedding was formally dissolved in June 2013, although they’ve stayed shut since.
“[I] am deeply saddened for our metropolis. and simply really feel numb,” Garth continued her put up. “[O]ur residence was spared however a lot to scrub up and able to get lively to assist our neighbors and pals and fellow Angelinos [sic].”
The “What I Like About You” actress additionally stated that her husband, actor Dave Abrams, 43, “has been superb transporting all our luggage and packing containers, loading and unloading.”
The star requested that everybody “simply maintain everybody right here who’s struggling in your coronary heart and prayers.”
“[I] am grateful we’re all okay and have a house to return to,” she wrote, noting, “This can impact individuals in a different way, so attain out, and supply to assist, it actually does imply a lot.”
She concluded, “thanks for all of the love that’s being despatched this fashion.”
Garth struck an analogous chord in her video.
“That is simply devastating for everybody,” she stated, tearing up. “I’m so unhappy. I’ve a deep unhappiness.”
“Our hand-crafted it via the night time and we’re feeling so blessed and so lucky and so fortunate,” she added. “And I’m simply praying for everyone else.”
She additionally spoke of the casualties which have occurred due to the LA fires, saying, “We’re all so, so fortunate that extra individuals weren’t damage or trapped within the fires.”
Wiping again tears, the star shared that she was considering of going again to her home. “It’s a large number, but it surely’s advantageous.”
“It’s nonetheless there,” she continued, her voice cracking.
She once more thanked her ex-husband, saying she’s “so grateful for Peter for letting us keep at his home. Me and all the women and the canine and Dave.”
Garth additionally stated she is “so grateful to all of the firefighters and the information reporters and all of the individuals which might be volunteering and offering issues for the folks that misplaced every thing.”
“Fires are nonetheless burning. It’s simply unimaginable,” she concluded, earlier than sharing a PSA poster concerning the impression the catastrophe can have on people’ psychological well being.
Different LA residents, together with many different celebrities, weren’t as fortunate as Garth and misplaced their houses to the fires that started ravaging LA on Tuesday morning and proceed to burn.
Stars Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester are amongst these whose houses have been destroyed.
Damages from the blazes are already estimated to vary between $52 billion and $57 billion, making these fires the most costly in Los Angeles historical past.
Greater than 5,000 constructions lie destroyed, 30,000 acres have been burned, and 179,000 Angelenos stay underneath evacuation orders.
The causes of the fires are unknown, however native authorities are investigating.