Jamie Lee Curtis is pledging to donate $1 million towards the relief efforts for the devastating wildfires across L.A. The actress wrote on Instagram: "As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there."
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00:00Jamie Lee Curtis is pledging to donate one million dollars towards the relief efforts for the devastating wildfires across LA
00:07The actress wrote on Instagram as the fire still rages on and California Fire and Los Angeles Fire Department
00:13and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and
00:20Neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other
00:23My husband and I and our children have pledged one million dollars from our family
00:28Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there
00:35Curtis spoke on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night getting emotional and breaking down while discussing the extensive damage across the Pacific
00:42Palisades Malibu and Santa Monica areas of the city literally the entire city of the Pacific Palisades is burning and
00:50You know it I flew here last night. I was on plane
00:53started getting texts and it's
00:56Gnarly you guys she continued obviously there have been horrific fires in many places
01:02This is literally where I live everything the market
01:05I shop in the schools my kids go to friends many many many many many friends now have lost their homes
01:11It's a really awful situation. The fires began in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday morning forcing the evacuation of more than
01:1930,000 residents
01:20Firefighters are also currently battling six blazes including the Eaton, Hurst, Lydia and Woodley fires in various areas of Los Angeles
01:28County. For more on the story head to THR.com and for the latest entertainment news and updates keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News