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Corcoran Group founder and “Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up to help residents of a Pacific Palisades mobile home park he calls a “little piece of heaven” that was affected by the California wildfires.
The “beloved” Tahitian Terrace mobile home park, where he and others owned homes, “was completely destroyed Tuesday when the devastating Palisades Fire quickly moved through the park,” Corcoran said on social media Thursday.
His fundraiser on the GoFundMe platform had raised $117,364 as of Friday at 3 p.m. Eastern, according to his page. It has a stated goal of $600,000.
Businesswoman Barbara Corcoran visits Fox Business' “The Claman Countdown” at the Fox Business Network studios on May 31, 2023 in New York City. (John Lamperski/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Corcoran said in a statement to Fox Business on Friday that he was “absolutely heartbroken by the widespread devastation Los Angeles“
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“The Pacific Palisades and the Tahitian Terrace community in particular is a little piece of heaven,” he said. “I've been fortunate to have a home in the community for the past five years, and have made long-lasting friendships with some of the kindest, most selfless, and genuine people I've ever met. Many residents, most of them elderly, have built their lives here for decades and have They lost absolutely everything they had planned to retire.”
Corcoran said he donated $100,000 of his own funds to GoFundMe.
The money raised by his GoFundMe fundraiser will help residents of Tahitian Terrace Mobile Home Park with “immediate necessities such as food, clothing and shelter as they take the first steps toward rebuilding their lives,” according to the GoFundMe page.
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Corcoran said Fox business He was “working with the HOA to address the immediate needs of displaced residents.”
The Palisades Fire, which started in a mobile home park on Tuesday, has burned through more than 20,400 acres in the Los Angeles area as of Friday afternoon, according to CalFire. The flames, which contained 8%, destroyed more than 5,000 structures.
A firefighter stands on top of a fire truck to battle the Palisades fire as homes burned along Pacific Coast Highway during a powerful storm on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The fast-moving wildfire has grown to more than 2,900 (Apu Gomes/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Southern California is battling at least four fires – the Eaton Fire, the Kenneth Fire, the Hearst Fire and the Lydia Fire.
Smoke plumes from a brush fire are seen in Pacific Palisades, California on January 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in suburban Los Angeles burned buildings and “life-threatening” winds whipped the region Tuesday. More (David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
combined, Five fires It affected about 36,300 acres as of Friday afternoon. At least 10 people died in the Los Angeles area.