Chuck Lorre Shares Heartfelt On-Air Tribute to L.A. Firefighters Who Saved His Home: 'You Spared Me Incredible Heartache'

Mar. 15, 2025

Chuck Lorre.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Chuck Lorreis offering his thanks to first responders.

“To the crew of the LAFD Fire Truck 14,” Lorre wrote. “You saved my home. You made a snap decision to stop a rampaging fire that had already destroyed my neighbor’s house. In doing so, you spared me incredible heartache. There are no words that can adequately express my gratitude.”

“Maybe I can buy all you guys a nice dinner and you can watch a grown man cry tears of joy over his chicken parm,” he continued. “Let me know. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chuck Lorre.”

Lorre thanks the first responders who saved his home during the Palisades fire.Chucklorre.com/CBS

Chucklorre.com/CBS

While Lorre’s house was spared, many can’t say the same. After the fires first sparked in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods of L.A. on Jan. 7, nearly 30 deaths were reported and thousands of structures were lost.

Others, like Lorre,Tara Lipinski,Chrissy Teigen, andBritney Spears, were forced to evacuate as the flames rapidly spread.

Pratt laterfiled a lawsuitagainst the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power for the loss of their home. According to the documents, filed in California’s Superior Court in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, Jan. 21, Pratt and Montag argue that the devastating fire was “an inescapable and unavoidable consequence” due to how the city and LADWP allegedly managed water supply in the area.

Los Angeles Fires.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty

“The Palisades Fire was an inescapable and unavoidable consequence of the egregious failure of the water supply system servicing areas in and around Pacific Palisades, including having an empty water reservoir. This failure was a substantial factor in causing my clients and others to suffer enormous losses,” stated Peter McNulty of the McNulty Law Firm and the attorney for the Pratts. “We intend to hold the City of Los Angeles accountable.”

PEOPLE reached out to attorneys for LADWP and the city of Los Angeles for comment, but did not receive a response.

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source: people.com