Kim, Kanye donate to wildfire relief

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on Wednesday donated $500,000 to firefighters and victims of a massive Southern California wildfire that came close to destroying the celebrity couple’s own multimillion-dollar mansion. Kardashian, appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” said she and West hired private firefighters to protect their home and others in their neighbourhood in rural Calabasas, north of Los Angeles.

Kardashian, West and their three children were among thousands of people forced to evacuate their homes during the 93,000-acre (37,635-hectare) Woolsey fire two weeks ago that spread into coastal Malibu, destroying 1,500 buildings and killing three people. Kardashian, a businesswoman and star of reality show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” said the flames “got to our gate.

We are still not in our home now. The smoke, the smell is too intense.” She said the couple felt blessed at being able to hire private firefighters.