Jay Leno is stepping up for his group.
Amid the Los Angeles fires, the previous late-night host, 74, has been driving to reduction websites in his personal fireplace truck to feed the primary responders.
On Monday, Leno spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an impromptu interview concerning the catastrophe reduction he’s offering to these working across the clock to place out the blazes.
As winds are anticipated to succeed in as much as 70 mph between Tuesday, Jan. 14, and Wednesday, Jan. 15, Leno instructed Anderson, 57, he “drove a 1941 American LaFrance fire truck” to help and teased, “It’s good to have your own fire truck when you live in LA.”
“We’re cooking for the crew,” the comic elaborated. “We’ve got a big barbecue going. They’re all getting boxed lunches, so we figured let’s get some hot food.”
Leno additionally volunteered on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday, Jan. 12, revealing to Cooper that he will even go to different places over the following week.
“It’s unbelievable. It’s the biggest natural disaster, not that 9/11 was a natural disaster, but it’s literally on that scale,” continued Leno. “It’s 10,000 buildings. I mean, if you drove all day, you couldn’t see 10,000 buildings.”
The author added that it “looks like Hiroshima,” and though he’s heartened by the sense of group he’s witnessed, “It’s a shame that [a wildfire] is what it takes.”
“I try to look at the bright side of things,” Leno quipped. “The last time I remember was 9/11. The sense of community for three or four days, everybody put aside their political beliefs. It’s happening here today.”
“It’s an entire city wiped out,” Leno continued. “Pacific Palisades, it doesn’t exist and probably won’t exist for the next four, five years. I don’t know how you rebuild from this.”
Giving a nod to the Metropolis of Angels, he added, “But we’ll get through it. We always do.”
Jamie Lee Curtis additionally spoke out concerning the state of Los Angeles, evaluating its fire-ravaged neighborhoods to war-torn nations within the Center East.
“The entire Pacific Palisades looks like, you know, unfortunately, Gaza or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened,” the actress, 66, mentioned throughout a Q&A for “The Last Showgirl” posted to X.
Days earlier than, the “Freaky Friday” star fought tears as she spoke concerning the “catastrophe” of the Palisades Fireplace that hit the coastal neighborhood the place she has lived for many years.
“As you know, where I live is on fire right now. Literally, the entire city of the Pacific Palisades is burning. I flew here last night. I was on the plane and started getting texts. It’s f–king gnarly, you guys,” Curtis instructed Jimmy Fallon throughout an look on his present.
“It’s a catastrophe in Southern California. Obviously there have been horrific fires in many places. This is literally where I live. Everything.”
Firefighters have been working since final week to place out a minimum of six fires in Los Angeles — the most important being the Palisades and Eaton fires which have now collectively scorched nearly 40,000 acres mixed and counting.
The wildfires may trigger $150 billion in damages, making it the costliest blaze in US historical past, in accordance with a report.
The demise toll from the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires formally rose to 24 over the weekend; nonetheless, that quantity is predicted to extend.
