Melissa lost her a 7,048-square-foot, six-bedroom Mediterranean-style home in Santa Monica in the Palisades Fire on Wednesday.

Melissa Rivers shared her emotional experience of saving her late mother Joan Rivers' Emmy Award before her home was destroyed in the Palisades fire. "To be 100 percent honest, I grabbed my mom's Emmy,

Melissa Rivers, the daughter of late comedian Joan Rivers, told CNN on Wednesday that she grabbed the essentials, like passports and birth certificates, before her home burned in the wildfires that are sweeping Los Angeles, but she also made sure to take a drawing of her mother’s.

In the frantic moments before flames devoured her Pacific Palisades residence, Melissa Rivers managed to rescue precious mementos of her late mother, Joan Rivers, including a coveted Emmy Award and an irreplaceable family drawing.

Melissa Rivers revealed during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that she managed to save her mother Joan Rivers’ prized Emmy award before her house burned down in the L.A. fires (via Entertainment Weekly).

As wildfires continue to devastate the Los Angeles area, many celebrities including Anna Faris, Melissa Rivers, Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton are mourning the loss of their family homes.

Rivers is among several celebrities who have lost their homes in the wildfires, including Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Billy Crystal, James Woods, and others. More than 1,000 homes, businesses, and buildings have been destroyed by the devastating fires across the Los Angeles area.

Melissa Rivers lost her home in the L.A. wildfires and revealed she grabbed her mom Joan Rivers' Emmy before she fled.

Melissa said her "heart is so broken" as the Pacific Palisades was "wiped off the map" by the fires: "That's the end of everything that belonged to my family and the history of it."

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