Julia Roberts had a very strong three-worded response to looters who are ransacking multi-million-dollar homes that have been evacuated during the devastating LA wildfires.
On Monday, nine people were charged with looting in areas destroyed by the Palisades and Eaton fires.
“Let me be clear: If you exploit this tragedy to prey on victims of these deadly fires, we will find you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
Julia appeared to agree with the stance taken against the opportunists and took to Instagram to share her feelings on the matter.
“F.U. looters,” she candidly wrote alongside a supportive message that raised awarenesses of the SoCal Fire Fund.
She penned: “@caafoundation alongside @coreresponse @eifoundation @lausd are launching SoCal Fire Fund to assist in providing Immediate and Long Term support for all those impacted by these current fires. There is so much healing and help needed. We will get through this.”
At least 24 people have died, and dozens are still missing since the fires broke out on January 7 in the affluent Pacific Palisades area.
Thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed, including the family homes of the likes of Tina Knowles, Paris Hilton, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, and Anthony Hopkins.
A new blaze, the Auto Fire, broke out on Monday in Venture County and has scorched about 56 acres, but firefighters have successfully halted its forward progress, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
As of Sunday, January 12, three fires were ripping through LA. According to Cal Fire, the fire is more than 20,000 acres and is 11% contained.
The Eaton fire has grown to more than 14,000 acres and many structures in Altadena and Pasadena, while the Kenneth fire destroyed 960 acres near the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
The Sunset fire — reported to have been caused by an arsonist — has been contained but not before it could burn 60 acres.
Evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst fire which ravaged 855 acres in the area around Sylmar and is now about 80% contained according to Today.
The fire burning in the Pacific Palisades has become the most destructive fire in the modern history of the city of Los Angeles.
