On Thursday, the actress shared two posts on her Instagram, by which she detailed the “day we misplaced our dwelling,” chronicling her and her husband Ross Burningham’s valiant “efforts” to avoid wasting the home, earlier than they “lastly surrendered” and it was in the end destroyed.

The primary put up featured a compilation video, which included clips that coincided with the “timeline” of Lake, 56, and Buringham’s makes an attempt to avoid wasting their dwelling.

The video started with footage of the blaze burning from a distance. “It is occurring proper now,” the discuss present host mentioned. “Enormous hearth over within the Palisades.”

Within the subsequent clip, Lake confirmed the sprinklers in her yard. “Fortunately, my sprinklers are working,” she mentioned. “We’ve our system arrange.”

The video then lower to Burningham hosing down a neighbor’s palm tree. Lake — who was filming her husband — exclaimed, “That is so scorching, honey!”

The following footage featured Burningham making an attempt to “siphon gasoline for the hearth system motor,” as Lake famous in her caption, earlier than the video ended with footage of Lake seemingly strolling on her property whereas the hearth raged within the background.

“1/7/25 The day we misplaced our dwelling. timeline of our efforts to avoid wasting our beloved dwelling in Malibu,” Lake wrote within the put up’s caption, earlier than offering the timeline: “11:24 am early indicators of smoke in Temescal Canyon. 11:54 am organising our hearth protection system. 4:10 pm Ross hosing down our neighbors palm tree (baller transfer). 6:17 pm Ross making an attempt to siphon gasoline for the hearth protection system motor. (Even larger baller transfer, although it didn’t work.). 6:55 can we keep or can we go?”

“Half 2 is subsequent ,” she added to her followers.

Within the second video, Lake shared she and her husband in the end determined to evacuate, with the Emmy winner reflecting on the heartbreaking thought that they might lose their dwelling.

Lake posted clips of the view of the devastating wildfire and raging winds, earlier than it lower to her driving away from her property.

“I am praying that now we have a house to go dwelling to,” she mentioned, including that her canine Dolly was on her lap and Burningham was within the automotive behind her.

“I am praying. We’re taking place my avenue, praying for these houses and these folks and my home,” she continued whereas driving, earlier than admitting, “I do not even know what I grabbed.”

“I believe I’ll have simply mentioned goodbye to my home,” Lake mentioned.

Within the put up’s caption, the Hairspray actress wrote, “We lastly surrendered our efforts and left our dwelling at 8:02 pm. Grateful to have made it out alive and unhurt. Perpetually grateful to @kirbykotler_ our absolute angel. He did every little thing to attempt to save our treasured property. Little question had we stayed, we’d not have survived.”

“Sharing for all who’ve been asking. Thanks for the love and properly needs,” she added. “Once more, please pray for these impacted by this catastrophic occasion and assist if you’re in a position.
Bless our courageous firefighters and first responders. Might they keep secure..”

Lake’s posts come in the future after she shared the tragic information that she misplaced her dwelling within the Palisades hearth.

“It is all gone. I can not consider I’m typing these phrases,” she wrote on Instagram, sharing that regardless of a “valiant and courageous effort” from considered one of their mates, she and Burningham “misplaced our dream dwelling.”

“This description ‘dream dwelling’ would not suffice. It was our heaven on earth. The place the place we deliberate to develop previous collectively,” she continued, alongside a slideshow of images of the home earlier than the hearth.

“We by no means took our heavenly spot on the bluff overlooking our beloved malibu with no consideration, not even for one second,” she wrote. “I shared our sundown views nearly day by day with all of you. This loss is immeasurable. It is the spot the place we obtained married 3 years in the past. I grief together with all of these struggling throughout this apocalyptic occasion.”

After sending her prayers to her neighbors, mates, neighborhood, animals and first responders, she promised to share extra quickly about how she and her husband escaped together with her canine Dolly “and never a lot else.”

“For now I grieve. ,” her put up concluded.

As of Friday morning, per CNN, a number of energetic wildfires — together with the Palisades hearth, the Eaton hearth, the Hurst hearth, and the Lidia hearth — have led to the evacuation of over 100,000 residents, as lots of of 1000’s are with out energy. It has been reported that at the very least 10 folks have been killed, and practically 10,000 buildings have been destroyed. In response to CNN, citing CalFire, the Palisades and Eaton fires are among the many 5 most damaging in California historical past.

Along with Lake, Paris Hilton, Ricki Lake, Cameron Mathison, Billy Crystal, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Anna Farris, and extra stars have misplaced their houses, whereas others have taken to social media to disclose they’ve evacuated their neighborhoods.