Camille Grammer 2018 hydrant recall, water issues amid Los Angeles fires

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Camille Grammer recalls the 2018 Woolsey fire that destroyed her home as the Pacific Palisade fire continues to rage in the Los Angeles area.

Grammatik, 56 years old, spoke with v People on Saturday, Jan. 11, about the 2018 wildfire that burned more than 96,000 acres and destroyed 1,643 buildings, including the reality TV show’s Malibu home — one of many homes destroyed at the time due to a lack of access to water. A similar situation is developing now, as reported by v LA Timesfire hydrants across Pacific Palisades are running dry.

“That’s what happened to my house, and during the Woolsey firewhen the firefighters got to the house, he drove into the hydrant and the water pressure was not enough. So they couldn’t save the house,” Grammer said Peoplerecalling his conversation with the fire chief at the time. “He said, ‘I’m sorry. There is nothing we can do. We just don’t have water pressure.” And they were very disappointed and apologized and did everything they could.”

Grammer went on to say that when firefighters found there wasn’t enough water to put out the flames, first responders began pulling her belongings out of the house to save as much as possible.

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“I didn’t ask for it,” she said. “They just did it themselves, which was really nice because there just wasn’t any water pressure to save the house.”

She continued: “I really haven’t been able to sleep well, I keep thinking about my friends who have lost their homes. My heart is broken for the loss of communities and lives. It’s terrible. But then again, you never know when the wind will pick up again and which way it will turn. It’s a waiting game, you know.”

Yanis Quinonesexecutive director and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said LA Times that all of the water storage tanks in Pacific Palisades have run dry due to “tremendous demand” in the area.

“We pushed the system to the extreme,” he said on Wednesday, January 8. “For 15 hours in a row, four times the normal demand was observed, which reduced our water pressure.”

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As for Grammer, well ROBA the alum also praised the city’s “amazing” firefighters who continued to battle the blaze. “They put their lives on the line all the time to save people, communities and homes, and they do the best they can in these terrible conditions,” she told People on Saturday.

“It’s very important in times like these when neighbors come together and communities come together to help each other,” she added.

Since she has the experience of losing everything to a fire, Gramer also shared important advice for people who are going through the same thing now.

“For me, because I went through it, life is more important than your house,” she said. “If you’re safe, it’s your life, it’s your health, it’s being safe and sound with your family and your loved ones. Because you can replace material objects, you can rebuild a house or find a new place to live, but life — you can’t replace life.”