Spencer Pratt’s father desperately tried to battle a fast-moving fireplace with a backyard hose earlier than firefighters arrived at a Pacific Palisades dwelling Friday — a haunting scene that unfolded greater than a yr after the devastating wildfire that destroyed each his own residence and his son’s.
William Pratt, a longtime Pacific Palisades dentist, noticed flames engulfing a big dwelling underneath development on Northfield Avenue shortly earlier than 4 p.m. whereas driving to his close by property, NBCLA reported.
He stopped, referred to as 911 and tried to maintain the blaze from spreading till Los Angeles Hearth Division crews reached the scene.
“I’m unhappy I needed to spend two to 3 minutes searching for the hose bib to the home and one other two to 3 minutes getting the hose untangled and connected,” he wrote in a textual content message to NBC Los Angeles. “Every second was like a lifetime.”
The Los Angeles Hearth Division confirmed William Pratt was the one who referred to as 911 to report the fireplace. Firefighters arrived about six minutes after the emergency name and launched an aggressive assault on the flames, bringing the fireplace underneath management roughly 20 minutes later. Round 34 firefighters responded.
Pratt mentioned the incident introduced again painful recollections of the catastrophic Palisades Hearth that destroyed his household dwelling in January 2025.
“It gave me just a little PTSD,” he mentioned.
“I did my finest to place it out,” he added. “It simply grew manner too quick.”
Hearth officers mentioned a close-by resident was additionally spraying water in an effort to maintain the flames from spreading to neighboring properties. Authorities mentioned they might not verify whether or not William Pratt was amongst these utilizing a hose earlier than crews arrived.
No accidents have been reported, and investigators are nonetheless working to find out what sparked the fireplace.
The horrifying episode comes after William Pratt misplaced the Pacific Palisades dwelling the place he had lived for 4 many years throughout final yr’s historic wildfire.
On the time, his son, former actuality TV star Spencer Pratt, revealed that his father had returned to the burning property armed with solely a backyard hose in an try to put it aside. William Pratt later suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized.
Following the catastrophe, William Pratt, Spencer Pratt and Spencer’s mom, Janet Pratt, filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Division of Water and Energy, alleging mismanagement and insufficient water strain contributed to the destruction brought on by the fireplace.
Spencer Pratt, who rose to fame on MTV’s The Hills alongside his spouse Heidi Montag, additionally misplaced his own residence within the Palisades Hearth.
He later launched an unsuccessful Republican marketing campaign for Los Angeles mayor, making town’s wildfire response a central problem and repeatedly criticizing Mayor Karen Bass and different native officers over their dealing with of the lethal catastrophe.
The house broken in Friday’s fireplace sits simply west of Palisades Excessive Faculty. In response to Los Angeles County harm inspection data, the property sustained solely minor harm through the 2025 Palisades Hearth, though a indifferent storage on the location was destroyed.
The property’s proprietor, Natasha Mandich, thanked firefighters and everybody who helped cease the blaze.
The Palisades Hearth was amongst California’s deadliest and most harmful wildfires, scorching roughly 23,400 acres, killing 12 individuals and destroying greater than 6,800 properties, companies and different constructions.
