Spencer Pratt reacts to Spokane devastation with blunt wildfire warning and message of faith

As crews conflict fast-moving wildfires that person destroyed hundreds of structures and forced thousands to evacuate successful the Spokane area, 1 wildfire subsister is urging Americans to hole earlier catastrophe strikes.

Former Los Angeles mayoral campaigner and world property Spencer Pratt, whose Pacific Palisades location was destroyed successful the 2025 Palisades Fire, said the devastation unfolding successful Spokane is simply a informing for communities crossed the country.

"My deepest sympathies to the folks successful Spokane who conscionable mislaid everything successful an instant," Pratt wrote successful a lengthy societal media station Sunday. "Nothing tin truly hole you for this devastation."

Pratt, who has been outspoken astir the affectional and fiscal toll of losing his ain home, warned that communities crossed the state should not presume they are immune from akin disasters.

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Former world tv prima Spencer Pratt, who mislaid his location successful the Palisades fire, has been an outspoken professional of California leaders implicit their absorption of the wildfire betterment efforts. (MEGA/GC Images)

"And everyone else, instrumentality heed... this is coming for you, too," helium wrote. "Don't hold til the occurrence is astatine your patio door."

He urged families to person an evacuation program successful spot earlier catastrophe strikes, cautioning that wildfires often dispersed excessively rapidly to permission clip for last-minute decisions.

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"Have a plan. Don't expect authorities to beryllium determination to prevention your home," Pratt wrote. "Don't expect the occurrence to hold until you're astatine location and awake and ready... deliberation astir what happens erstwhile the occurrence comes astatine 2AM dormant asleep, oregon erstwhile you're astatine enactment downtown, oregon 3 beers successful connected a stream interval 20 miles from location and your cats are each locked inside. You seldom get a existent informing earlier the occurrence comes."

Pratt besides reflected connected the heartbreaking losses families look beyond their homes.

"As of now, I've not seen immoderate reports of fatalities, convey God, and I commune determination were none, but a batch of beloved pets undoubtedly perished, and for many, that's similar losing family," helium wrote.

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The charred remains of a location destroyed by the Palisades Fire is seen successful the Pacific Palisades vicinity of Los Angeles, connected January 13, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

He encouraged neighbors to enactment 1 different done what helium predicted would beryllium a lengthy recovery.

"Please look aft your neighbors; they person a precise agelong and achy roadworthy ahead, and everyone volition determination connected from caring astir Spokane successful a week oregon so," Pratt wrote.

Pratt concluded his connection by encouraging those affected to thin connected their faith.

"Above each else, if I tin connection immoderate proposal close now... thin further into God," helium wrote. "The Lord is adjacent to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed successful spirit. Have religion successful His providence, adjacent if your bosom feels excessively breached to judge it close now."

Amid the devastation, erstwhile Washington authorities Rep. Matt Shea shared a photograph of an American emblem inactive lasting aft flames swept done a neighborhood, calling it "an astonishing representation of anticipation among the ashes."

"Some friends of ours mislaid everything... but Old Glory inactive survives," Shea wrote connected X. "What an astonishing representation of anticipation among the ashes. Thank you each for praying for us."

Former Seattle Seahawks backmost Russell Wilson besides shared a connection of enactment connected X, writing, "Praying for Spokane!"

As messages of enactment poured in, firefighters continued battling 3 large blazes being managed arsenic portion of the Spokane-area wildfire response.

According to Incident Commander Benjamin Cossel with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Autumn Lane Fire has burned 3,333 acres, the Old Trail Fire has scorched 3,481 acres, and the Fairview Fire has grown to 914 acres. All 3 fires remained 0% contained arsenic of the latest update.

More than 900 firefighters and enactment unit person been deployed crossed the 3 fires, with the Autumn Lane Fire remaining the superior focus.

An otherworldly country successful Spokane, Washington, arsenic wildfires rage connected Aug. 2, 2026. (South Pend Oreille Fire Rescue)

Authorities said astir 5,000 homes person been evacuated arsenic firefighters proceed battling the blazes. Incident bid has confirmed much than 600 structures person been destroyed, though officials cautioned that fig could emergence arsenic crews summation entree to damaged areas.

The American Red Cross Northwest Region said much than 400 radical and their pets spent Saturday nighttime astatine an exigency structure successful Spokane aft the fast-moving wildfires forced wide evacuations.

Firefighters respond to wildfire adjacent Spokane, Washington, connected Aug. 2, 2026. (South Pend Oreille Fire Rescue / FOX Weather)

"Extreme upwind conditions led 3 abstracted wildfires to wreak havoc connected Saturday, forcing wide evacuations, causing extended destruction, and everlastingly changing the lives of those affected," the Red Cross said, adding that it has launched a "massive alleviation effort" and is seeking donations and volunteers to assistance displaced residents.

Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., said helium spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin astir the occurrence concern and imaginable national assistance.

"After Gov. Ferguson requests exigency assistance helium volition instrumentality the authoritative petition for FEMA enactment to President Trump," Baumgartner wrote connected X, adding that helium appreciated Mullin's "care and interest for what our assemblage is experiencing."

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson aboriginal said helium spoke straight with President Donald Trump and Mullin, describing the devastation unfolding successful Spokane and elsewhere crossed the state.

"Just a fewer minutes ago, I spoke with President Trump and Secretary Mullin. I elaborate however dire and devastating the concern is successful Spokane and crossed our state," Ferguson wrote connected X.

Ferguson said Trump "expressed his interest for the radical of Washington during this hard time" and that the 2 would "be moving unneurotic connected further requests for national assistance."

"I profoundly admit the President taking clip to person this conversation, and I americium optimistic we volition person a speedy support for our petition for a national exigency declaration," Ferguson wrote.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said she besides spoke with Mullin and said the national authorities is intimately tracking the disaster.

"He made wide the national authorities volition bash everything it tin to enactment effect and recovery—that is my apical precedence close present and I profoundly admit that commitment," Murray wrote connected X.

Calling the demolition "heartbreaking," Murray said "it volition beryllium a agelong roadworthy to recovery."

"Right now, EVERYONE needs to perceive cautiously to section officials," she wrote. "I americium truthful grateful to our occurrence crews and archetypal responders who are redeeming lives, including our WA National Guard, servicemembers from Fairchild, and the galore individuals coming from retired of authorities to combat these fires."

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Heavy fume blankets the Spokane country arsenic firefighters conflict respective fast-moving wildfires that person forced thousands of evacuations and prompted a monolithic exigency response. (Spokane Valley Fire Department)

As the effect continued, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners unanimously declared a authorities of emergency, giving region officials further authorization to rapidly acquisition exigency instrumentality and supplies.

"My bosom goes retired to those who person been affected by these devastating fires and my prayers are with the archetypal responders who volition proceed moving done the nighttime and into tomorrow," Spokane County Commissioner Mary Brooks said.

Officials besides urged radical to enactment distant from lakes, rivers and different waterways wherever firefighting craft are collecting h2o to conflict the blazes.

Emergency officials warned boaters, kayakers, paddleboarders and others connected the h2o to springiness craft plentifulness of abstraction arsenic they marque predominant low-level passes, saying doing truthful is captious to keeping some crews and the nationalist harmless portion allowing firefighters to proceed protecting threatened communities.

Fox News' Sarah Alegre contributed to this report.