“I flew here last night. I was on the plane, started getting texts. And it’s f***ing gnarly, you guys. It’s just a catastrophe in southern California.
“Obviously, there have been horrific fires in many places. This is literally where I live. Everything. The market I shop in. The schools my kids go to. Friends, many, many, many, many, many friends now have lost their homes.”
Describing it as an “awful situation”, Curtis explained she was “going to go home first thing” on Thursday to be with her family “and try to help” her friends.
“But … just so I can tell you, if you know anybody on the West Coast or not, the American Red Cross, support them,” she said.
“They will come in and help people. Do anything you can. Anything in your community to help people, whether you need it or not now, you will need it. Give blood, donate, whatever.
She finished up: “And remember, since I’m on the middle of a very big television show, for anybody living anywhere, have an emergency kit in your house.
“I’m an American Red Cross ambassador. Have an emergency kit with prescription glasses, medicines, dog food, baby formula, all the things you need if you have to flee.”
More than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders as five wildfires rage across Los Angeles, including two new blazes in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City.
At least five people have been killed in the unprecedented carnage so far, with more than 2000 properties destroyed, including the homes of celebrities such as Mandy Moore, Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Paris Hilton, Spencer and Heidi Pratt, and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester.
Firefighters are reportedly struggling with already-scarce resources, and the US National Guard has been deployed.
