As wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area, Angelina Jolie and his son Knox do what they can to help him.
Jolie, 49, and Knox, 16, were spotted at the grocery store while stocking up on essentials, including water, according to an article published by the Daily Mail on Friday January 10.
“We have people over at our house,” she said while packing her trunk in a video obtained by the media. When asked if she would consider donating to the relief efforts, she replied: “Yes I will, right now I’m taking care of my loved ones and keeping them at home.” »
Knox is one of six children Jolie shares with her ex-husband Brad Pitt. The exes are also parents to sons Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, and daughters Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and Knox’s twin sister Vivienne.
The wildfire crisis has raged in the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, Jan. 7, when high winds ignited fast-moving brush fires that have continued to spread through a region that has not received significant precipitation since months.
As of Friday, January 10, 10 people died, 9,000 structures were damaged and 150,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders, according to the ministry. Los Angeles Times. Jolie’s $25 million Los Feliz home remained outside the evacuation zones.
Due to the location of the fires, many other celebrities were not so lucky, many living in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Heidi Monday And Spencer Pratt, Billy Crystal, Mel Gibson And Milo Ventimiglia are among the celebrities who have confirmed they lost their homes.
“Sitting with my family, watching the news and seeing our house in Malibu burn down live on TV is something no one should ever have to experience,” Hilton wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “It is in this house that we made so many precious memories. This is where Phoenix took its first steps and where we dreamed of creating unforgettable memories with London.
Meanwhile, Jolie isn’t the only celebrity lending a helping hand. Jamie Lee Curtis announced Thursday that it would donate $1 million to relief efforts. Pierre Sharon works with Los Angeles store The Coop to collect donations for displaced people, and Halle Berry said she was donating “her entire closet.”
Overall, CBS News reports that more than 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and another 166,000 people are under evacuation warnings.
Check the LAFD website for local forest fire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.