Ross King, the esteemed entertainment correspondent, has voiced his fears as he stands on the brink of evacuating his Los Angeles home amidst the wildfire crisis.
In a grim escalation over the past day, authorities have issued mandatory evacuation notices in the Hills due to the unrelenting wildfires tearing through the region.
Speaking from his LA residence through a video connection with Good Morning Britain’s hosts Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls, King expressed his anxiety: “We’re under evacuation orders at the moment. They’re not mandatory, but I tell you, it’s such a weird feeling when you’re packing up the car. You know we’re getting everything ready.”
The gravity of the situation was clear as he continued: “You go round the house and you take photographs and you’re thinking ‘this might be the last time you actually see the house,’ and that’s why your heart breaks when you see so many homes, you know we’re talking about thousands of structures gone.”
King also shared personal accounts of friends’ losses: “I’ve got friends in Malibu who lost their house on a beach, three other people I know have completely lost their homes and when you get that feeling it is one of the weirdest and one of the scariest things that I’ve gone through!”
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Ross King shared his perspective on the ITV show (Image: ITV)
Despite having lived in LA for a significant period, King admits this level of devastation is unprecedented to him: “I’ve never known anything like it in my 25 years here in Los Angeles, and when you look out there and see these firefighters doing the most unbelievable job,” reports .
He added: “We’ve been so fortunate that the winds haven’t been too bad in this area, the helicopters could get in and they could drop a load of water and hopefully put out the majority of the fire that is going on at the moment. But it really is, it’s so scary!”
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Ed Balls and Ranvir Singh covered the breaking news story (Image: BBC)
The fires have wreaked havoc across the region, impacting countless residents, including esteemed celebrities. The disaster has not spared famous individuals, with recent accounts detailing how stars like Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton have seen their homes ravaged by the inferno.
Adding to the list of affected celebrities, actor James Woods was seen visibly distressed as he recounted on CNN the heartbreak of losing his Pacific Palisades home to the relentless flames.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.