Comedian Deon Cole evacuates home amid LA fires after spending birthday in hospital
Deon Cole had to evacuate his home due to the Los Angeles fires the same day he left the hospital.
Cole revealed on social media that he was in the hospital on Jan. 9, which also marked the actor’s 53rd birthday.
He posted a selfie on Instagram, with the comedian laying down in a hospital bed wearing a mask with several tubes going into both of his arms.
“Thank u all for your birthday well wishes,” he wrote in the caption of the post. “I sure could use them. Thank you all.”
Cole didn’t disclose any specific details about why he was hospitalized, but upon his release, he was faced with another unexpected life event: evacuating his home in L.A.
In an Instagram video shared two days after he was in the hospital, Cole’s post first showed a photo which featured his car packed up to evacuate, including a large bouquet of blue roses.
He followed up the photo with a clip filmed from the car that showed the fires blazing in the distance. Cole can be heard saying in the background of the video, “Oh my god, look at this. That’s right over my house.”
In the caption of the post, he described the day as “devastating.”
“Left the hospital earlier, sick af, went home, then had to packed what I could to evacuate,” he added. “As I drove away I seen the fire rising from behind my house, It’s a nightmare!!! I got the flowers my mom gave me before she passed tho.”
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Cole previously announced in an Instagram post Jan. 8 that he would be postponing his birthday party, which was slated for that evening, due to the ongoing fires.
“Don’t feel right to do my birthday party while people are losing everything they own and myself being under high alert for my own home,” he wrote in the caption. “Pray for the families.”
Since Jan. 7, four fires have broken out across L.A., fueled by dry conditions and winds up to 100 mph in some areas. There have been thirteen known deaths in the L.A. area after the fires began, though the true death toll is not known while the fires continue to blaze.
The Palisades Fire, which affected the Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas, became the most destructive wildfire in the history of the city. Amid the continued destruction due to the blazes, approximately 180,000 people have been forced from their homes and thousands of structures have been destroyed.
Among the buildings destroyed were the homes of celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Rosie O’Donnell, Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Ricki Lake, and more.
Others, including actors Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung, encouraged their followers to lend their help to the rest of the L.A. community who were affected by the fires.
