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Jane Seymour opened her home to her former Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman costar, Joe Lando, and his family.

As the deadly Palisades fire ravages Los Angeles, hundreds of people have lost their homes, including Lando, 63. On Saturday, Jan. 11, Lando revealed on Instagram that his former costar took him and his family into her home after the wildfires destroyed the Landos’ home.

Seymour, 73, said of the gesture, per TVLine. “My mother instilled in me from an early age that in times of great strife and struggle, reach out and help someone. Welcoming Joe and his family into our home while they try to make sense of the inexplicable is just what you do for family, and The Landos are our family.”

Seymour and Lando portrayed an on-screen couple from 1993 through the 1998 series finale. 

“The Lando family is intact, all of us, our dogs and our two birds. Thankfully, there are angels in this world,” Lando began in his Instagram video. Lando married his wife Kirsten Barlow in 1997. They share four adult children: Jack, 26, Christian, 23, Kate, 21, and William, 17.

“We’re left with nothing except each other. My friend Jane Seymour allowed us to come over to her house and opened it up for us without any hesitation and thank God gave us someplace to come and sleep.”

In Lando’s video, he detailed the harrowing experience. “There hasn’t been any gas, and you can’t drink the water, and you can’t breathe the air,” he said. “I’ve never been through anything like this. It’s indescribable.”

The Higher Ground actor continued, “If it was just us, if it was just us, I’d be really okay with this. But it’s everybody. It’s everything. I’m just devastated and heartbroken for everybody. All the people we know.” 

“There’s a lot of wealthy people in my neighborhood, a lot of very well-known folks, but that’s not the majority of this neighborhood. Most people are hardworking folks that have been living here for generations,” he said before noting that his in-laws lived in their home for over 40 years.

Lando then posted a photo of his destroyed home on Monday, Jan. 13, with a link to the GoFundMe page his friends created for his family amid the destruction of their home.

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The destructive Palisades fire first began in the L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, and has since burned more than 23,700 acres with 14% containment, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

On the other side of L.A. County, the Eaton fire also began on Jan. 7 and has already burned more than 14,000 acres and is now 33% contained. Additional fires have also sprung up around the Southern California region.

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