--- title: Lady Gaga Helps Malibu, California Fire Victims at Shelter description: Lady Gaga lent a helping hand to victims of the Malibu wildfires on Tuesday when she visited a Red Cross shelter. canonical: https://time.com/5454251/lady-gaga-fire/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-14T18:15:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:12.094Z og:title: Lady Gaga Helped Victims of the Malibu, California Fires og:description: The 'Star is Born' singer visited a Red Cross shelter og:url: https://time.com/5454251/lady-gaga-fire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90ae45c5ca5444e2/69893f1486f68e1d626eab5e/lady-gaga-helps-malibu-california-fire-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-AWARDS-SAGAFRA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Helped Victims of the Malibu, California Fires twitter:description: The 'Star is Born' singer visited a Red Cross shelter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90ae45c5ca5444e2/69893f1486f68e1d626eab5e/lady-gaga-helps-malibu-california-fire-victims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'All We Have Is Each Other.' 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Authorities in California are sharing one woman’s terrifying footage of her escape from the Woolsey Fire in Malibu – hoping it will serve as a lesson to others about heeding evacuation warnings._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 14, 2018 6:15 PM UTC  Singer/songwriter Lady Gaga attends the The SAG-AFTRA Foundation 3rd Patron of the Artists Awards in Los Angeles, California, on November 8, 2018\. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP) (Photo credit should read LISA O'CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images) Singer/songwriter Lady Gaga attends the The SAG-AFTRA Foundation 3rd Patron of the Artists Awards in Los Angeles, California, on November 8, 2018\. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP) (Photo credit should read LISA O'CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images)LISA O'CONNOR—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 14, 2018 6:15 PM UTC [Lady Gaga](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685%5F1984940%5F1984943,00.html) lent a helping hand to victims of the devastating [Malibu wildfires](http://time.com/5450431/malibu-evacuate-wildfire/) when she visited an American Red Cross shelter on Tuesday, which was also World Kindness Day. The [_A Star Is Born_](http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/) actress passed out pizza, coffee, and gift cards to those who had just lost everything in the fires. In a post on her [Instagram stories](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/california-fires-lady-gaga-visits-13587511), Gaga encouraged her followers to help others as well: “All we have is each other,” she wrote. “Kindness makes the world go round.” Gaga herself was evacuated from her home due to the Woolsey Canyon fire earlier in the week; celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Neil Young were among the hundreds of people who lost their homes in the fire that raged through Malibu. The Southern California blazes have resulted in at least [two deaths and have reportedly destroyed 435 homes and structures.](http://time.com/5453932/southern-california-wildfire-malibu/) Gaga also took time to thank those who were helping the victims firsthand via a post on her Instagram. “Thank you to all our fire fighters and police & first responders for risking your lives to keep us safe,” she wrote. “We love you.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5454251/lady-gaga-fire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5454251/lady-gaga-fire/"},"headline":"'All We Have Is Each Other.' 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