DETROIT (AP) 鈥� Steve Kerr鈥檚 90-year-old mother is among thousands who have lost their homes as fierce rage in the .
鈥淢y mom is in good hands, but her house is gone,鈥� Golden State's coach said Thursday night before the played the Detroit Pistons. 鈥淚鈥檝e been on the phone with my siblings quite a bit.鈥�
Kerr said his mother, Ann, left her home in earlier in the week.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 my hometown,鈥� he said. "All my friends who are from there pretty much all lost their homes 鈥� their family homes, their childhood homes. Our high school is gone. The town looks like it鈥檚 just been completely wiped out. It鈥檚 surreal and devastating.
"Fortunately, almost everyone escaped. But it鈥檚 hard to even fathom how Pacific Palisades rebuilds and how it becomes a thriving community again. It鈥檚 just shocking.鈥�
Pacific Palisades borders Malibu about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of downtown Los Angeles. It includes hillside streets of tightly packed homes along winding roads nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and stretches down to beaches along the Pacific Ocean.
Fast-moving flames are burning through homes and businesses as nearly 180,000 residents flee smoke-filled canyons in picturesque neighborhoods that are home to many celebrities.
Many of the towering fires began Tuesday and burned uncontained Thursday, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds.
At least five people are dead and thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed.
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Larry Lage, The Associated Press
