Lala Kent and her family are feeling the effects of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.
On his Instagram stories on Thursday, January 9, Vanderpump Rules alum, 34, said poor air quality from multiple wildfires in SoCal has made it unsafe for her 4-month-old daughter, Sosa.
“This morning, Sosa woke up and was breathing very hard. I decided to pack up my family and come to Palm Springs, based solely on the air quality. We will stay here until LA is safe again,” wrote the mother of two.
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Kent welcomed Ocean Kent Emmett with her ex-fiancé, film producer Randall Emmett on March 15, 2021. Sosa Kent was born on September 3, 2024.
The former reality star added that the wildfires resulted in “one of the most devastating situations I’ve ever seen.”
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Dry vegetation and high winds fueled numerous wildfires across Los Angeles beginning Tuesday, January 7. Since then, the deadly Eaton fire in Pasadena and the Pacific Palisades wildfires near Malibu have made headlines.
According to the Associated Press, the Palisades Fire is now classified as the most destructive in Los Angeles County history.
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A car and house burned during the Jan. 8 Eaton fire in Altadena.
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On Thursday morning, the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Center (WPC) told residents that “critical fire weather conditions” were expected to “re-intensify across Southern California.”
Forecasters said the situation “has the potential for existing fires to worsen and new fires to spread rapidly.”
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“At this point, if you haven’t been directly affected, you know someone who has lost everything. I’m obsessed with how we could have been so underprepared,” Kent continued.
The Bravo star added that her heart is “broken” for those in her community who have suffered.
“Neighborhoods that people called home for decades no longer exist. It’s unimaginable,” Kent wrote.
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Cars destroyed in a fire in Eaton on January 8.
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She said that while she was “grateful” her family was not “directly affected”, adding: “It’s hard because of what I see other people go through.”
“In times like these, all you want to do is go home for comfort, and thousands of people no longer have their safe place,” she continued, before moving on to the additional chaos surrounding the situation such as “robbers, lack of water, and lack of preparation.”
“I’m sad, but I’m also angry… I’ll save that rant for later,” Kent wrote.
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Before concluding, she also thanked the “firefighters and emergency responders,” calling them “Our cities [heroes].”
“And to all those affected – I know you feel alone. You are not alone,” Kent said.
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