Jane Seymour opened her home to “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman costar’ Joe Lando and his family amid the Palisades fire

Jane Seymour opened her home to her ex Dr. Quinn medicine woman Co-star 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, January 11, Lando announced on Instagram that his former co-star was taking him and his family into their home after the forest fires destroyed Landos’ home.

Seymour, 73, said of the gesture, according to TVLine. “My mother taught me from a young age that in times of great conflict and difficulty, I should reach out and help someone. Welcoming Joe and his family into our home as they try to understand the unexplainable is exactly what you do for family, and the Landos are our family.”

Seymour and Lando portrayed an on-screen couple from 1993 until the series finale in 1998.

“The Lando family is intact, all of us, our dogs and our two birds. Luckily there are angels in this world,” Lando began in his Instagram video. Lando married his wife Kirsten Barlow in 1997. They have four adult children together: Jack (26), Christian (23), Kate (21) and William (17).

“We have no choice but each other. My friend Jane Seymour allowed us to come to her house, opened it to us without hesitation and thank God she gave us a place to sleep.”

In Lando’s video, he described the harrowing experience in detail. “There was no gas, and you can’t drink the water and breathe the air,” he said. “I’ve never experienced anything like this before.” It’s indescribable.”

The Higher terrain The actor continued, “If it was just us, if it was just us, I would be really okay with that.” But it is everyone. It’s everything. I’m just devastated and heartbroken for everyone. All the people we know.”

“There are a lot of wealthy people in my neighborhood, a lot of very well-known people, but that’s not the majority of this area. “Most of the people are hard-working people who have lived here for generations,” he said, before noting that his in-laws have lived in their home for over 40 years.

Lando then posted a photo of his destroyed home on Monday, January 13, with a link to the GoFundMe page his friends created for his family amid the destruction of their home.

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The The destructive Palisades fire began on January 7 in LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood and has since burned more than 23,700 acres with 14% containment, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

On the other side of L.A. County, the Eaton fire also started on January 7 and has already burned more than 14,000 acres and is now 33% contained. There were also further fires in the Southern California region.

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