Kimora Lee Simmons Says ‘House Caught Fire,’ Thanks Fire Department who ‘Quite Possibly Saved Our Lives’

Kimora Lee Simmons is feeling grateful after experiencing a near-tragic incident at home.

On Saturday, the 48-year-old entrepreneur announced that her house had caught fire in a social media post that included pictures of first responders and the damage caused. As well as confirming that her family was “fine”, she thanked the firefighters who “quite possibly saved our lives”, after they arrived to help.

“My house caught fire. The kids and I are fine,” Simmons wrote on her Instagram Story when she posted a photo of members of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) standing in front of a smoky fireplace in her home.

“I cannot express my deepest gratitude to the many battalions, ladders and units that accompanied us for many hours today and very likely saved our lives,” she continued. “THANK YOU!❤️🥺.”

In an Instagram post on Saturday, Simmons shared that her house caught fire.

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A rep for Simmons and the LAFD did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

In one photo the former model shared, four LAFD members are holding axes and fire extinguishers on their backs as they stand in front of a smoke-filled fireplace in what appears to be the living room of Simmons’ home. Carpets were rolled up and debris covered the area around the fireplace.

The model also posted several other photos showing the LAFD in action as they battle the fire in a smoke-filled room.

The mother of five said her children are “fine” thanks to firefighters.

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Simmons is the mother of five children: daughters Ming (23) and Aoki (21) with ex-husband Russell Simmons, son Kenzo (14) with ex Djimon Hounsou and son Wolfe (8) with estranged second husband Tim Leissner. She also has a son, Gary (10), whom she adopted in 2020.

The incident at her family home came after she spoke to PEOPLE in May about life as a single mother and the challenges and joys that come with it.

“Being a single mom, I think about my kids all the time and that’s it. My kids, their friends, my other kids, like, you know, I have a lot,” Simmons told PEOPLE.[My kids’] smiles, I feel like it’s a job I do every day to keep that smile on their faces. And again, that ‘smile’ means a lot.”

Simmons is the mother of five children (all pictured). Jesse Grant/Getty

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“I’m a single mother of five and I know how hard it can be and I don’t want to start crying, but it’s Mother’s Day, I know what it feels like to raise my children and get up every day and just take care of them,” she continued.

“And it doesn’t matter if you’re rich and famous or you’re this thing or this singer, that singer, at the end of the day, you’re a mom or you’re a cousin, you’re an aunt, you’re a family member, you’re a community person, a caregiver, you you’re just there and trying to put everything together.”

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