Joshua Jackson.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
Joshua Jacksonhas lost his home amid theongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
A rep for theDoctor Odysseystar confirmed to PEOPLE on Sunday, Jan. 12 that the 46-year-old actor’s L.A. home was lost during the fires, which have destroyed thousands of structures and leftmultiple residents without homes.
Joshua Jackson.Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty
Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty
Othercelebrities who have lost their homesin the fires includeLeighton Meester and Adam Brody, Anna Faris,Ricki Lake, Cary Elwes,Cameron Mathison,Spencer PrattandHeidi Montag, Mel Gibson, John C. Reilly, Anthony Hopkins and Tina Knowles.
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed that the death toll has risen to 16 — just days after the fires began.
The initial blaze first ignited in Pacific Palisades around 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and since then, more than 40,000 acres have burned with more than 12,000 structures destroyed, perCalFire.
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Joshua Jackson.Emma McIntyre/Getty
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Back in September, Jackson opened up about his relationship with his daughter in an Instagram Live withDawson’s Creekcostar Sasha Alexander. At the time, he described his decision to buy backhis childhood homefrom the man who bought it from his parents.
Jackson shares 4-year-old daughter Juno with exJodie Turner-Smith.
“But what I’ve realized in this last year is I never got to experience the love of a father. And I’m getting to experience it now. And that’s what this house is for,” he continued.
Jackson then called his daughter his “greatest gift” and his “north star,” adding that he loves “being her dad.” The actor — who was born in Vancouver but raised in Topanga, Calif., until he was 8 —previously toldMR PORTERthat he purchased his childhood home in 2001 and his daughter took over the bedroom he once called his.
“There was a mural of a dragon on the wall in that room that I couldn’t believe was still there, years later. The owner [who sold him the house] said, ‘I knew it meant a lot to somebody and that they were going to come back for it some day,’ " Jackson told the outlet, adding that purchasing the home was “a very healing thing for me to do.”
source: people.com
