Miley Cyrus, her home after the 2018 Woolsey fire.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty; The Miley Cyrus Foundation/Instagram
Stefanie Keenan/Getty; The Miley Cyrus Foundation/Instagram
Miley Cyrusis reflecting on the devastating fire that destroyed her home six years ago.
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the singer, 32, shared anInstagrampost in light of theongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. She showed a portion of her house in rubble as four letter-shaped cushions lay on top, spelling “love.”
“This image hits me hard in the heart today,” Cyrus wrote in the caption. “This is a photo taken of my front porch in 2018 after losing our house in the Woolsey fires. It’s a feeling you don’t ever forget.”
Miley Cyrus' home after the 2018 Woolsey fire.The Miley Cyrus Foundation/Instagram
The Miley Cyrus Foundation/Instagram
The “Flowers” singer added, “My soul aches for those who are experiencing this devastation firsthand and I cry for my city. It’s beyond heartbreaking. Los Angeles represents ‘living the dream’ but the reality today is wreckage and destruction.”
Cyrus shared links to organizations that are assisting in response to the fires that she is “personally supporting,” including theMalibu Foundation, which she co-launched.
“Time, resources and dedication from inside and outside of our community will heal us, but it hurts deeply for now,” she concluded, before signing off with “Love always.”
The caption and photo were shared on The Miley Cyrus Foundation Instagram feed as well as Cyrus’s personalInstagram Stories.
Cyrus lost her Malibu home that she shared with her exLiam Hemsworthin 2018 while she was in South Africa filmingBlack Mirror. Her then-fiancé was home and rescued their many pets.
“I am one of the lucky ones,” she wrote. “My animals and LOVE OF MY LIFE made it out safely & that’s all that matters right now. My house no longer stands but the memories shared with family & friends stand strong.”
Miley Cyrus attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 5, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Monica Schipper/Getty
Monica Schipper/Getty
“I’ll never be happy that all those memories and pictures and things that I’ve loved are gone,” she said. “But to have an experience like this — I find myself feeling more connected to being human again.”
In 2023, the singerlooked back on her earliest memoriesin the house in aTikTokvideo shared as part of a series celebrating her song “Used to Be Young.”
“The Meet Miley Cyrus record was really where I started writing my own songs as a solo artist, and so I was working with a producer in Malibu that lived in a house in Ramirez Canyon, which I would’ve never known 15 years later I would be living in that house, which would eventually burn down,” she said.
“That house had so much magic to it,” Cyrus added. “It ended up really changing my life.”
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PEOPLEpreviously reportedthat more than 80,000 people have been displaced in the ongoing fires, which started on Jan. 7, including celebrities Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Anna Faris, Ricki Lake, Cary Elwes,Cameron Mathison,Spencer PrattandHeidi Montag.
The wildfires have caused at least 16 fatalities so far, according to the L.A. County Medical Examiner.
source: people.com
