Johnny Galecki’s ranch home burned down in Californian wild fire-Read the details here!

Johnny Galecki’s ranch home burned down in Californian wild fire-Read the details here!

Johnny Galecki loses his ranch home to a wildfire

American actor Johnny Galecki has suffered a recent disastrous event in his life! A massive fire broke out at his ranch home in California on 26th June 2017.

The whole house was completely burned down. He was luckily not at the property at that time and is safe and unhurt.

The fire was part of a wildfire that erupted at 3.30 pm local time on the 26th on the hills, spread rapidly, and destroyed many parts of Central California. Johnny Galecki released a statement to TMZ the next day.

It said:

“My heart goes out to all in the area who are also experiencing loss from this vicious fire, the threat of which we live with constantly, which may seem crazy to some but we do so because living in our beautiful, rural area makes it worthwhile,”

Source: Wikipedia (Johnny Galecki)
Source: Wikipedia (Johnny Galecki)

He continued:

“It’s never the structures that create a community — it’s the people. And if the people of Santa Margarita have taught me anything it’s that, once the smoke has cleared, literally and figuratively, it’s a time to reach out and rebuild. We’ve done it before, and will need to do it together again, and it will make our community even closer and stronger. Endless thanks to CalFire and the Sheriff’s Office. I know you guys are fighting the good fight to keep us safe. So very relieved no one has been hurt.”

Facts about the fire

Johnny Galecki’s ranch is located in San Louis Obispo (SLO), a city in California, roughly midway between LA and San Francisco. Johnny Galecki has plans to visit the area once safety has been ensured.

This house was around 190 miles away from LA and was the actor’s ‘getaway place’. It is said that around 250 residents from 100 homes were told to evacuate their homes in the Santa Margarita area given the danger of the fire spreading. The fire had engulfed nearly 1600 acres of land.

Source: CNN.com (The Californian fire)
Source: CNN.com (The Californian fire)

Even on 27th June 2017, the fire was only 60% contained. No one was harmed. The residents were told to return at 7 pm on 27th June 2017. The cause of the fire is not known and is under investigation.

Celebrities who died of fire burns

American actress Linda Darnell (1923-1965) was staying with her friends in Glenview Illinois while preparing for a role in 1965. The house where she was staying caught fire.

She tried to go out of the front door instead of jumping out of the window as the others did. She suffered more than 90% burns and succumbed to it.

Gwili Andre (1908-1959) was a Danish model who died in 1959 due to a fire that broke out in her apartment in Venice, California. The cause of the fire was not known.

Silent film actress Martha Mansfield (1899-1923) died a very unfortunate death at the young age of 24 years. After completing her scene, she was resting in a car.

A tossed burning match stick hit her Civil War costume which then caught fire. The lead man of the film, Wilfred Lytell helped exhaust the fire and remove her burned clothes, but she could survive for not more than 24 hours after the extensive burns.

The highly talented Art Director Van Nest Polglase (1898-1968) died of severe burns which he got from a holiday season house fire in 1968.

More about the celebrity fire deaths

American actor Robert Emmett O’Connor (1885-1962) succumbed to burn injuries that he sustained from a house fire. English silent film actress, Kate Lester (1957-1924) died in her dressing room at Universal Studio in Hollywood.

The actress was probably lighting her gas stove which leaked. Due to it, the gas stove exploded giving the actress burn injuries and she died due to it.

American silent film actor and director Emory Johnson (1894-1960) got caught in a fire triggered by a cigarette and died of severe burns.

Source: Atlas Obscura (Brooklyn Theater fire aftermath)
Source: Atlas Obscura (Brooklyn Theater fire aftermath)

American theatrical actor Claude Burroughs (1854-1876) was a victim of the Brooklyn Theater fire in 1876. He was just 22 years when he died. American actor Robert Howard “Clifton” Young (1917-1951) died at the age of 33 years in a hotel fire that started when he fell asleep while smoking.

Additionally, American stage and movie actress Gloria Dickson (1917-1945) died due to a fire that erupted due to an unextinguished cigarette. American actress Butterfly (Thelma) McQueen (1911-1995) died due to burns sustained due to a malfunctioning kerosene heater that she tried to ignite.

It burst into flames and the fire spread to her and burned her apartment in Augusta, Georgia. Many more celebrities had unnatural deaths due to fire. A word of caution from www.marriedbiography.com for its readers-“Fire is a good servant but a bad master!”

Short Bio on Johnny Galecki

Johnny Galecki is an American actor. He is known for playing David Healy in the ABC sitcom Roseanne from 1992 to1997. He is also popular for portraying Dr. Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory since 2007. More Bio…

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