Joe Lando Praises Jane Seymour’s Support After LA Fire Evacuations

As the wildfires of Los Angeles continue to destroy the city and surroundings, actor Joe Lando grateful for his ex Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman costar Jane Seymour‘ support.

“Lando’s family is intact. All of us and our dogs and our two birds, thank God, there are angels in this world,” said Lando, 63, in a Saturday, January 11, Instagram video, reveals that his house was burnt to the ground in the fire. “We’re left with nothing but each other. My friend Jane Seymour allowed us to come over to her house and opened it for us without any hesitation and thank God (she) gave us somewhere to sleep.”

A string of wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades and other surrounding LA neighborhoods on Tuesday, January 7, going on to ravage thousands of acres of property. According to local officials, at least 16 individuals have died and tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes under mandatory evacuation orders.

Lando and Seymour, 73, played love interests forward Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman between 1993 and 1998. The show starred Seymour as Dr. Michael Quinn, who worked in Colorado Springs after the Civil War, while Lando played Byron Sully. In his message on Saturday, Lando detailed his evacuation experience.

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“The electricity came on for the first time in three days,” Lando said Saturday, noting that wildfires also affected the Seymour neighborhood. “There’s been no gas and you can’t drink the water and you can’t breathe the air because it’s all poisonous. I’ve never been through anything like this. It is indescribable.”

He continued, “You see people on TV going through these things and you think, ‘Oh, my God, that must be terrible. Thank God it’s not me.’ And now we are those people. If only he wouldn’t be okay with this, but everyone is. It’s everything and I’m disappointed and heartbroken for everyone.”

Lando broke down in tears in his social media video, reflecting on “all the people we know who don’t have houses” anymore.

“There are a lot of rich people in my neighborhood, but that’s not the majority of this neighborhood. The majority are hard working people (who have lived) there for generations,” he said. “My wife’s parents live down the street or they did. They lose their house after 40-something years. Our house wasn’t big or fancy, but it was our home. I worked so hard on it. Whenever I wasn’t in an acting job, I’d be working on it, trying to stay out of trouble and save money.”

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In addition to their family’s houses, Lando noted that his children’s school was also completely destroyed by the fires. (He has been married to a woman Kiersten Barlow since 1997 and they share four children.)

“Everything is gone,” Lando added tearfully. “And there is no rich or poor, black or white, red or blue. This fire is bad and will kill everything.”

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire warnings and click here for resources on how to help those affected.