Hollywood actress Blanca Blanco gave DailyMail.com an update on what is going on in Malibu amid the horrible Pacific Palisades fires.
Blanco has been staying in a house located by the Getty Villa. While the house did not burn down, the vegetation surrounding the home did.
‘I feel lucky that the house is still standing,’ said Blanca. ‘I am one of the few so I know how incredibly fortunate I am,’ she added.
Things have become very strained in the area, said the Eye For Eye actress.
‘I went to the grocery store and there is not much on the shelves. It’s hard to find bottle water and there is not much bread though there is plenty of pasta and condiments,’ she noted. There has also been a shortage on eggs, but that has been going on for weeks amid the bird flu.
Grocery stores like Pavilions in Malibu are still open.
It also has become stressful to find drinking water and residents have asked to boil their water before consuming it.
Then there are the looters that continue to prowl the neighborhood.
Hollywood actress Blanca Blanco gave DailyMail.com an update on what is going on in Malibu amid the horrible Pacific Palisades fires . Blanco has been staying in a house located by the Getty Villa. While the house did not burn down, the vegetation surrounding the home did. ‘I feel lucky that the house is still standing,’ said Blanca
Things have become very strained in the area, said the Eye For Eye actress. ‘I went to the grocery store and there is not much on the shelves. It’s hard to find bottle water and there is not much bread though there is plenty of pasta and condiments,’ she noted
‘I have to boil any water I consume, it takes a while, so that is very different, but I am lucky to have a home,’ she noted.
On Wednesday the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power released a water alert for the Pacific Palisades and adjacent communities ‘north of San Vicente Blvd’ due to ‘heavy ash, debris and pressure fluctuations.’
‘The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water strongly advise consumers in the 90272 zip code, and adjacent communities in the LADWP service area north of San Vicente Blvd. to ONLY USE BOILED TAP WATER OR BOTTLED WATER FOR DRINKING AND COOKING PURPOSES until further notice due to low water pressure in the water distribution system stemming from high water usage to respond to the Pacific Palisades wildfire,’ the notice read.
Consumers were urged to follow the recommendation ‘out of an abundance of caution,’ while LADWP officials work to ‘re-pressurize the system and conduct tests to confirm water quality.’
The warning stated that ‘disease-causing organisms,’ including viruses, parasites and bacteria could be present in the water and may cause symptoms ‘such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches.’
Blanca also reported that she has seen opportunists in Malibu.
There has also been a shortage on eggs, but that has been going on for weeks amid the bird flu
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday
This comes a week after the Finding Nicole actress posed in a red bikini on Malibu beach. ‘I was near some of the homes that burned down to the ground,’ she said choking up. ‘It’s so hard to see this gorgeous coastline get decimated and to see so many broken hearts over it’
‘There are lot of young men on motorcycles with backpacks going down the streets looking for any valuables,’ said Blanco.
‘There is not much here, so not sure what they think they can find. But I did see one man walk out of the ruins of a house carrying a metal box that was still intact. It may have been a safe.’
Looting has been taking place in the area and there have been 20 arrests so far.
This comes a week after the Finding Nicole actress posed in a red bikini on Malibu beach.
She did a shoot with Filip Shobot for DailyMail.com
‘I was near some of the homes that burned down to the ground,’ she said choking up.
‘It’s so hard to see this gorgeous coastline get decimated and to see so many broken hearts over it.’
Blanco plans on leaving the area to stay with a friend outside of the city.
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