Joe Lando and Jane Seymour on December 04, 2021 in Agoura Hills, California.Photo:Michael Tullberg/Getty
Michael Tullberg/Getty
Jane Seymouropened her home to her formerDr. Quinn Medicine Womancostar,Joe Lando, and his family.
As the deadly Palisades fire ravages Los Angeles, hundreds of people have lost their homes, including Lando, 63. On Saturday, Jan. 11, Lando revealed onInstagramthat his former costar took him and his family into her home after the wildfires destroyed the Landos' home.
Seymour and Lando portrayed an on-screen couple from 1993 through the 1998 series finale.
Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela ‘Mike’ Quinn, and American actor Joe Lando, as Byron Sully in 1999 ‘Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: the Movie.'.Spike Nannarello/CBS Photo Archive/Getty
Spike Nannarello/CBS Photo Archive/Getty
“The Lando family is intact, all of us, our dogs and our two birds. Thankfully, there are angels in this world,” Lando began in his Instagram video. Lando married his wife Kirsten Barlow in 1997. They share four adult children: Jack, 26, Christian, 23, Kate, 21, and William, 17.
“We’re left with nothing except each other. My friend Jane Seymour allowed us to come over to her house and opened it up for us without any hesitation and thank God gave us someplace to come and sleep.”
In Lando’s video, he detailed the harrowing experience. “There hasn’t been any gas, and youcan’t drink the water, and youcan’t breathe the air," he said. “I’ve never been through anything like this. It’s indescribable.”
TheHigher Groundactor continued, “If it was just us, if it was just us, I’d be really okay with this. But it’s everybody. It’s everything. I’m just devastated and heartbroken for everybody. All the people we know.”
“There’s a lot of wealthy people in my neighborhood, a lot of very well-known folks, but that’s not the majority of this neighborhood. Most people are hardworking folks that have been living here for generations,” he said before noting that his in-laws lived in their home for over 40 years.
Joe Lando and family home burned in Palisades fire.Tiiu Loigu/Instagram
Tiiu Loigu/Instagram
Lando then posted a photo of his destroyed home on Monday, Jan. 13, with a link to theGoFundMe pagehis friends created for his family amid the destruction of their home.
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The Palisades fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7, 2024.Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/ Los Angeles Daily News via Getty
Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/ Los Angeles Daily News via Getty
Thedestructive Palisades firefirst began in the L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, and has since burned more than 23,700 acres with 14% containment, according to theLos Angeles County Fire Department.
On the other side of L.A. County, the Eaton fire also began on Jan. 7 and has already burned more than 14,000 acres and is now 33% contained. Additional fires have also sprung up around the Southern California region.
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source: people.com
