Patsy Palmer confirms her LA house is ‘miraculously okay’ as she admits she feels ‘helpless’ over in London after being left ‘heartbroken’ by wildfire devastation

Patsy Palmer has confirmed her LA home is ‘miraculously ok’ but admitted she feels ‘helpless’ after devastating fires continue to sweep her ‘hometown’ of LA. 

The EastEnders actress, 52, moved to Malibu in 2014 along with husband Richard and her children, however she is currently in London for work. 

Observing the horrors over in America from afar she took to Instagram to confirm her house is now ok as she offered her support to victims and urged them to ‘meditate’ and ‘breath deeply’. 

She began: ‘I have just woken up after having the first night sleep I have had in quite a few nights obviously because of the fires in California where I live. 

‘I am here in London working feeling pretty helpless and all I can really do from here is share the resources of everyone is working tirelessly to help and give whatever people need.’ 

Offering her advice she continued: ‘All I can say is, I hope it doesn’t sound like something unattainable for people at the moment, but honestly meditation. 

‘If you can find a few seconds to breath as deeply as possible. Understand that what is gone is gone, the future is just a dream its not real.

‘What we all have no matter what circumstances we are going through, all we have right now is this time, right now, this present moment.’

The star also shared another post of some of the sentimental possessions she had cleared out from her garage over Christmas after the fires first began, prior to the recent devastation. 

Revealing her husband called her to say they had been evacuated following a fire in her neighbourhood, she confirmed while her house was miraculously saved she feels an ‘overwhelming sadness’ at what could have been lost. 

Clearing out the garage she wrote: ‘Precious memories, photos , keepsakes etc. I felt an overwhelming sadness that we nearly lost these things . 

‘We had the most grateful Christmas to date enjoying being together mostly , still in our home. I left back to London to work with a full heart NEVER EXPECTING THIS TO HAPPEN a week later!

‘I experienced a small part of what it feels like to have lost everything we own and it was painful enough so to experience this again is beyond words. 

‘Our house is miraculously ok again. It’s traumatic for everyone to lose everything they own and the precious memories that we often don’t know that we have in our garages . We laugh and say get rid of it but when it is taken it hits different.’

Patsy explained that in 2018 a part of Malibu burned and her and her family lost a rental so were without a home for three months. 

She continued: ‘I come from Bethnal Green and its a world away from these types of disasters. 

‘Having been through that though I also know how amazing community can be . It was so beautiful to see how everyone pulled together and helped everybody with things and trauma and just everything really.

‘My family and pets are safe and I know will be doing what they can to help . Its surreal as you drive 20 minutes up the road and its like nothing is happening. The sun is shining and life is going on ( Thankgod ) but yes it’s surreal for sure .

‘Sending all of my energy to everyone today . May you be blessed with healing love and so much understanding at this crazy time I’ll be sharing resources as I am helpless again here in London . I love you all so much.’

She told in a post on Thursday alongside a picture of the fires that her ‘brain was fried’ and lots of her friends in the area she lives in had lost their homes.

Patsy had returned to the UK last Saturday before the fires broke out and said it was hard being so far away as the fires rage.

Patsy wrote: ‘My heart is broken. My brain is fried today looking at the devastating scenes of the fires AGAIN in my hometown. I just returned home to my home in case after the fires a couple of weeks ago and left on Saturday back to work in the UK and now this. 

‘My family are safe but lots of my friends have lost their homes again which is extremely traumatic. 

‘Being here so far away is really really hard. I’m praying and crying as I write this. I’m helpless here but praying hard  Please reach out if you need anything. Richard and kids are there safe and evacuated. 

‘This is huge. Really wasn’t expecting this. Heartbroken. Stay safe.’

Patsy often shares an insight into her life on Instagram, posting stunning photos of her breathtaking house, complete with uninterrupted ocean views and a pool. 

The interior of her stunning family home features boho neutrals whilst the exterior boasts a terrace, where she practices yoga. 

She shares three children, Fenton, 22, Emilia, 21, and Bertie, 12, with husband Richard and Charley Palmer Rothwell, 30 – her UK-based son with former partner Alfie Rothwell – whom she frequently shares beach side photos with.

Just last year Patsy admitted she would ‘never live in the UK again’ as she lives out her ‘dream life’ in Malibu. 

The star – who has now rejoined EastEnders and flies back to the UK to film said that ‘pinches herself every morning.’ 

Speaking to DJ Lorcan and DJ YUKI on their podcast Shuffle Skip Repeat on the actress opened up about her life by the ocean. 

She said: ‘It’s beautiful we live in our own little bubble, Malibu is it’s own little place, we very much keep ourselves to ourselves and we have a lot of English friends.

‘I pinch myself every morning when I wake up and see the ocean it’s like a dream. But I’ve created that.’

She continued: ‘I don’t think I would live in England again. I would like to experience something else in life but I’m not too sure if I will. 

‘I’m very happy and grateful for where I am so I’m not going anywhere fast. I don’t know what that might look like. It just depends on life and where it goes. I just think do what makes you happy.’

Hollywood Boulevard has been evacuated with 100,000 people told to flee with six wildfires raging as the apocalyptic skies of Los Angeles continue to fill with smoke.

Two new blazes broke out overnight in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City – forcing first responders to redeploy their already-scarce resources to the burnt landscape.

The National Guard has been deployed and could send in military personnel to assist, amid revelations that heroic firefighters are ‘triaging’ homes and neighborhoods.

The LA Fire Department issued an evacuation order for people in an area within Hollywood Boulevard to the south, Mulholland Drive to the north, the 101 Freeway to the east and Laurel Canyon Boulevard to the west – all iconic addresses in showbiz.

The latest fires mean huge swathes of iconic southern California real estate from Malibu to Santa Monica, and from Pacific Palisades to Runyon Canyon, are ablaze – impacting millions caught off guard by the unprecedented spread and carnage.

At least five people have lost their lives in the disaster so far – with 2,000 structures obliterated and thousands of people left with nothing but ash across the city.

More than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders while Mandy Moore, Cary Elwes and Paris Hilton are among the stars who said they had lost homes. Billy Crystal and his wife Janice lost their home of 45 years in the Palisades Fire.