Heidi Monday She's doing her best to “focus on gratitude” after a fire destroyed her family's home in Los Angeles.
Montag and her husband Spencer Pratt They lost their property As the fire spread across the Pacific region on Tuesday, January 7. The couple and their sons, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months, were safely evacuated earlier that day.
“The craziest thing when you're getting ready to make a campfire is that your brain freaks out,” Montag, 38, shared via Instagram stories On Wednesday, January 8th. “You're like, 'What do I need?' What don't I need? It is very stressful to pack the house. I mean, I only have two pairs of jeans and two shirts. “I got more clothes for the kids.”
However, she asked herself, “Why didn't I take more?”
As her eyes filled with tears, Montag said: “The main thing is that we're safe. I'm out.” But in that moment, “you're really freaking out and then part of you[thinks]'I'll be back.' You know, 'Of course I'll be back for all of our (stuff).'” So I'm praying for everyone who's going through this, and for my friends and loved ones “Thank God we have our health and our children – I know that. I just try to focus on gratitude. It comes in waves.”
Earlier Wednesday, Pratt, 41, was extradited Touching message On Instagram.
“The only positive sign I've seen is… Our house burned down “Was our son's bed burned in the shape of a heart,” he wrote, posting footage from the nursery's Ring camera.
He continued: “A sign of how much love was in this house. So grateful for all the years and memories spent there with our family.”
Spencer's sister Stephanie PrattHe was the first to confirm the news.
“I don't know if being in London is a good thing or if I need to go back to LA, I can't think straight. What should I do? Honestly I'm looking for advice. I'm frozen in shock,” Stephanie, 38, wrote. Via Instagram Late Tuesday. “How terrible for my little nephews to see their home disappearing like this. They must be so scared and confused.”
On her Instagram Story, Stephanie noted that she was “so devastated” for her brother and their family.
“I just spoke to my dad – he tried to save my brother's house but the winds were so strong. There was nothing he could do,” Stephanie added. “Even the fire station in Palisades burned down. The entire Pacific Palisades area was engulfed in flames. There's no one there.”
Stephanie also noted that the siblings' parents had been “safely evacuated” before watching their house burn via security camera footage.
“My dad's house is gone,” Spencer wrote via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, sharing a photo of the rubble and adding seven crying emojis.