Jhené Aiko lost her home in the LA fires.
On Thursday, Jan. 9, the R&B singer, 36, revealed that she and her son Noah Hasani, 2 — whom she shares with Big Sean — and daughter Namiko Love, 16, were safe — but their home was destroyed.
“praying for everyone this morning,” Aiko wrote on Instagram. “those who lost their home, those who lost their life’s work, those who lost their lives. praying for my city. praying for wildlife and lost pets. praying for the world 💙.”
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She added: “Let suffering be a gift; a lesson in compassion.”
In another slide, Aiko revealed that she and her children’s home were “gone.”
“burned to the ground with all our belongings inside. Lord have mercy 🙏 Grateful we still have each other 💙 starting over. My heart is so heavy 💔,” she wrote.
“God bless us ALL 💙,” she captioned the post.
Since a series of wildfires began earlier this week, they have ravaged parts of Southern California, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate as it quickly engulfs large swaths of the Los Angeles area.
Many of the more than 80,000 people who were displaced were celebrities who had called the area home for decades. Some, including Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Anna Faris, Ricki Lake, Cary Elwes, Cameron Mathison, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, confirmed that their homes were destroyed.
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Celebrities who lost their homes or had to evacuate due to the Los Angeles fire and what they said
The first fire started in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7th.
This was followed by the Eaton Fire (also called the Close Fire), which broke out around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday; by late Wednesday morning, it had exploded over 10,000 acres across Pasadena and Altadena. The Woodley Fire took off by 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, and had claimed 75 acres in its wake.
The Hurst Fire, which broke out Tuesday night, had grown to about 500 acres and was still burning as of 5 a.m. Wednesday. A fifth fire, the Tyler Fire, broke out west of LA near Coachella.
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