Ricki Lake Gives Dramatic Step-by-Step Account of Her Fight to Save Los Angeles Home: 'Do We Stay or Do We Go?'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ricki Lake pictured alongside husband Ross Burningham during the L.A. fires.Photo:CraSH/imageSPACE/Shutterstock; Ricki Lake/Instagram

CraSH/imageSPACE/Shutterstock; Ricki Lake/Instagram

Ricki Lakeis detailing how she bravely fought to save her Malibu home from the Los Angeles fires.

“It’s happening right now,” she said at the start of the video, as she showed the fire from a distance. “Huge fire in the Palisades.”

Lake then captured footage of sprinklers working in her back garden, as she and her husband Ross Burningham prepared for the worst.

“Thankfully, my sprinklers are working,” she said. “We have our system set up.”

Filming Burningham hosing down palm trees, Lake warned, “That’s so hot, honey.”

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Ricki Lake’s view from her home before evacuating during the LA fires.Ricki Lake/Instagram

Ricki Lake/Instagram

As the evening drew in, the fire appeared stronger, while theHairspraywalked along a pathway toward two vehicles.

“1/7/25 The day we lost our home. 😭💔timeline of our efforts to save our beloved home in Malibu,” she wrote in her caption. “11:24 am early signs of smoke in Temescal Canyon 11:54 am setting up our fire defense system.”

Ricki Lake’s husband Ross Burningham tries to save their Malibu property.Ricki Lake/Instagram

“4:10 pm Ross hosing down our neighbors palm tree (baller move) 6:17 pm Ross attempting to siphon gas for the fire defense system motor. (Even bigger baller move, though it didn’t work.) 😩 6:55 do we stay or do we go?”

Ross Burningham watering palm trees during L.A. fires.Ricki Lake/Instagram

In asecond video, Lake revealed “we finally surrendered our efforts and left our home at 8:02 pm.”

“I’m praying that we have a home to go home to,” she said while sitting in a car with her dog.

As the car began driving, Lake continued, “I’m praying. We’re going down my street, praying for these homes and these people and my house.”

Ricki Lake details her attempts to save her Malibu property.Ricki Lake/Instagram

Ricki Lake evacuating her home during L.A. fires.Ricki Lake/Instagram

Lake revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 8 that her home had beendestroyed in the fire.

“Ross and I lost our dream home. This description ‘dream home’ doesn’t suffice,” she wrote, adding that it was their “heaven on earth” and “the place where we planned to grow old together.”

The property was also where Lake and Burningham tied the knot in January 2022.

Other celebrities who have lost their homes includeAdam BrodyandLeighton Meester,Heidi Montag PrattandSpencer Pratt,Anna Faris,Cary ElwesandCameron Mathison.

source: people.com