Kim Kardashian reveals how private firefighters saved her $60m mansion when flames burned 'up to the gate'... as Kanye West gives $500k to victims
Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian have donated $500,000 to the victims of the California fires after the blaze devastated their own community.
Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres show on Wednesday, Kim made the announcement which included a $100,000 individual check for a firefighter whose own family home burnt down.
Explaining how she and Kanye hired private firefighters to protect their home, Kim made it clear that without them, the couple's $60million mansion would have burned down.
Keeping up appearances: Kim Kardashian reveals how private firefighters saved her $60m mansion when flames burned 'up to the gate'... and says her family still can't go home
'[The fires] got to our gate and then luckily we had firefighters right there that were helping us to get the fires out.'
However despite saving their home, the Wests cannot return because of smoke damage.
Kim said: 'We're still not in our home now because the smoke smell is too intense and we have these machines everywhere trying to help us blow out the smoke smell.'
Nearly lost: Fire damange can be seen in the park which borders Kim and Kanye's luxury mansion; the couple only saved the property with the help of private firefighters
Generous: The rapper, 41, who hired private firefighters to protect his multi-million pound mansion, is said to have wanted to help contribute towards rebuilding the community
Kim explained that she also tasked the private firefighters with protecting her neighbors homes in their exclusive gated community.
'Our house is right on the end of a big park so the whole park had caught fire and if our house went then every other house would go.
'They saved our home and saved our neighborhood, I made sure they controlled every house on the edge [of the park]. So it wasn't just my home.
'Once they go the whole neighborhood can go. '
Hero: Later in the show, Ellen and Kim welcomed firefighter Michael Williams and his wife Lisa from Oak Park, CA who lost their home in the Woolsey Fire
The mother-of-three said she hired the private firefighting team on the advice of a friend, who lost their own home in a previous blaze.
'We were fortunate... I know that not everyone has this luxury available to them. But we were able to get private firefighters.'
She then announced the donations, to which Adidas and Kanye's Yeezy brand also contributed.
They included a donation of $200,000 to California Fire Foundation and an additional $200,000 to California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund.
'They saved our whole community, we're so grateful to them,' she said.
Set to appear on the Ellen show on Wednesday, Kim Kardashian will speak about the wildbush fire which came within feet of their home
Giving back: Kim tells host Ellen DeGeneres, the couple had a 'serious discussion' on how to help the community, with Kayne coming up with a plan of action
Showing support: The Golddigger hitmaker is said to have called up Adidas and his own Yeezy brand to build up donations, raising a staggering $500,000
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