Kanye West donates $ 500,000 to California against wildfires

Kim Kardashian and Kanye WestThe home in Hidden Hills, California, is still standing after the Woolsey fire threatened to destroy it earlier this month. 38 years old The amazing Kardashian family The star made the point – and explained why she hired private firefighters – when she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres show Wednesday. "[The fires] arrived at our door. Fortunately, we had firefighters and protectors who helped us put out the fires, Kardashian said. We are still not home now, because the smell of smoke is too intense and we have machines everywhere that try to blow the smell of smoke. We were lucky. we are blessed. "

When the fire ravaged their community, the Kardashian family was forced to evacuate for several days. "Our house is just at the end of a big park, so the whole park caught fire, if our house disappeared, all the other houses would disappear," she said. "I know everyone does not have that luxury, but we were able to get private firefighters, a company you can hire."

The couple's friends lost their home in Santa Barbara and "all their neighbors used this business," Kardashian said. "They recommended the company and thanks to them, they saved our house and our neighborhood.I asked them to make sure that they control every house at the edge, so that it was not only My house [where] I said: "Take care of our home." I said, "Take care of everything, because once they're gone, once ours have started, the whole neighborhood can leave. I do not take this for granted and it is such a blessing that we have been able to do it. "

Kardashian announced that West, Yeezy and Adidas would donate $ 200,000 to the California Fire Foundation, as well as $ 200,000 to the Wildfire Relief Fund of the California Community Foundation. "They saved our entire community," said E! reality star said. "We are very grateful to them."

Later in the episode, DeGeneres invited the firefighter Mike Williams and his wife, Kardashian, after finding him at his home in Oak Park, California, were burned while he was saving other people's property. "To find out you lost your house, Kanye, Yeezy and Adidas wanted to donate $ 100,000," said Kardashian, "so you can get the coins back."