Paris Hilton is offering a helping hand to families, like hers, who lost their homes to the Los Angeles fires. On Friday, the Infinite Icon singer pledged $100,000 to help families affected by the disastrous fires via the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), promising to match up to $100,000 in …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Wildfires are currently raging through coastal Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, causing significant destruction and estimated damages of around $50 billion. Hundreds of thousands of residents in Los Angeles …
Read More »Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jhené Aiko, More Celebrities Lose Homes to L.A. Fires
Multiple celebrities have lost their homes as several destructive fires raged in Southern California. After fires broke out on Tuesday and Wednesday, propelled by high winds, Paris Hilton, Jhené Aiko, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Billy Crystal were among the 30,000 residents and multiple celebrities forced to evacuate. Many have lost …
Read More »At Least 30 People Injured After Ferris Wheel Catches Fire at German Music Festival
A ferris wheel caught on fire at Leipzig, Germany’s Highfield music festival Saturday, injuring at least 30 people. The incident occurred at roughly 9 p.m. local time while German rapper Ski Aggu was onstage; the rapper later said on social media that he was told to continue his performance despite …
Read More »The Government Set a Fire in New Mexico. It Burned 341,735 Acres
I T STARTED WITH smoke settling so thick over the highway that Roger Romero slowed his car to a crawl, no longer able to see others on the road. It was April 2022, and he was making his way down northern New Mexico, from Raton to Mora County, a remote …
Read More »Beyoncé's Childhood Home Catches Fire In Houston
The childhood home of Beyoncé caught fire early Christmas morning, leaving the pop star’s old house wrapped in flames well into the second story. Officials told ABC 13 that the fire was reported around 2 am, but was quickly put out once fire teams arrived. “They did a great job,” …
Read More »Why Hollywood Stuntman Mike Massa Set Himself on Fire
You’ve seen him ripping a motorboat through the canals of Venice, Italy, during the opening heist of The Italian Job, dodging flying cars in the Fast and the Furious films, and doubling for Harrison Ford, most recently in the blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. He was even …
Read More »Are the Orange Skies Here to Stay?
As smoke lifts for East Coast cities this weekend, take a deep breath. And then hold it, because this might happen again. Parts of Canada and the eastern United States are at risk for an unusually active fire season this summer. So this week’s great eastern smoke-out might be just …
Read More »Why Are Firefighter Shows All the Rage on TV Right Now?
Fox’s latest hit drama, 9-1-1 Lone Star, stars Rob Lowe and Gina Torres. Lowe plays a veteran New York firefighter named Owen Strand, who is in the midst of cascading personal tragedies (a death in the family, a recent lung cancer diagnosis) and has decamped to Austin, Texas, to rebuild …
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