LeBron James was one of many Los Angeles and Southern California residents forced to evacuate their homes after a fire quickly burned through several structures, leaving six houses scorched in its path. A state of emergency forced the Los Angeles Lakers guard to take his family and quickly seek shelter away from his residence, still looking even at high hours of the morning, with very little luck.
Man these LA 🔥 aren’t no joke. Had to emergency evacuate my house and I’ve been driving around with my family trying to get rooms. No luck so far! 🤦🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 28, 2019
However The King did find some accommodation after some searching:
Finally found a place to accommodate us! Crazy night man!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 28, 2019
James is unlikely to be the only one struggling to find shelter, as others without the spending power are out of options until the state declares it's safe to return. The Lakers star tweeted some prayers for those affected, enticing others to get to safety while also praising a team of firefighters and first responders that are helping at high hours of the night to keep residents safe.
I 🙏🏾 for all the families in the area that could be affected by these 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 now! Pretty please get to safety ASAP
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 28, 2019
My best wishes as well to the first responders⛑ right now doing what they do best! 🙏🏾💪🏾
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 28, 2019
According to Weather.com, human remains were found on Saturday, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it was too soon to know if the death was connected to the fire in Santa Clarita, just outside of Los Angeles. The deaths are still under investigation.
The Tick Fire started Thursday afternoon and forced evacuation orders for 50,000 people. Most were allowed to return to their homes Saturday morning once the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station lifted evacuation orders. By then, the blaze had burnt about 7.2 square miles and was considered 65% contained.
Contra Costa County, Mendocino County, and the Valley Center north of San Diego were some of the many areas affected by recent fires, which have run wild as of the last few days.