An elderly retired actress has been found dead in her Altadena home after it was burned to the ground by raging wildfires.
Dalyce Curry, 95, died after the Eaton fire destroyed her property just north of Los Angeles, her family confirmed in heartbreaking updates on social media.
Known as ‘Momma D’ to her family, the former actress appeared as an extra in The Blues Brothers, The Ten Commandments and Lady Sings the Blues during her Hollywood heyday.
California first responders discovered her remains Sunday at 6 p.m. One of Curry’s great-grandchildren, Dalyce Kelley, confirmed the sad news on Facebook.
“About an hour ago the coroner confirmed that her remains had been found at the property,” she wrote on Sunday evening.
Kelley previously posted shocking images of her grandmother’s fire-damaged Cadillac and home, which were razed by the devastating wildfire.
She sifted through her great-grandmother’s destroyed belongings, identifying her bicycle, refrigerator and door among the charred remains.
“This was the kitchen,” Kelley said as she walked through the post-apocalyptic scene, the sky still glowing orange with wildfires on the horizon.
Retired actress Dalyce Curry (pictured second right) has been found dead in her Altadena home after it burned to the ground amid the raging wildfires
Curry, 95, died after the Eaton fire destroyed her property just north of Los Angeles, her family confirmed in heartbreaking updates on social media. Her death was confirmed by her great-granddaughter Dalyce Kelley. The two are pictured together above
Pictured: A firefighting helicopter drops water on the Palisades fire this weekend
A creepy video posted by Curry’s relatives showed the ruins of her home after the Altadena fire
Another clip showed the elderly woman’s Cadillac, which survived the fire better than her home
Kelley, her great-grandmother’s caregiver, last saw Curry when she dropped her home from the hospital around midnight Tuesday.
She left to care for other family members and did not realize that the Eaton Fire, which had started just hours earlier, would escalate into the deadly blaze it became.
Dalyce Curry pictured in her youth
Kelley woke up to a text message alerting her that the power had gone out at Curry’s house. She drove back to Altadena to check on her but was stopped by police.
An officer told her that Curry’s house was “completely burned down” and advised her to visit the Pasadena Civic Center, where displaced residents were being housed.
The next five days were a nightmare for the family as they waited for news of Curry and combed the massacre in hopes of finding her.
A National Guardsman escorted Kelley to Curry’s home on Friday as she filmed the war zone-like scene.
“It was total devastation,” Kelley said ABC7. “Everything was gone except her blue Cadillac.”
As the official death toll rises to 24, concerned residents are preparing for another 72 hours of hellish weather expected to push the fires in new directions.
The death toll is expected to rise, with at least 16 people still missing and 150,000 forced to evacuate their homes.
Curry, pictured with family members, died after the Eaton fire destroyed her property just north of Los Angeles, her family has confirmed in heartbreaking social media updates
Four fires have consumed more than 60 square miles in LA’s most affluent neighborhoods, wiping out the homes and restaurants of A-list celebrities among the 12,300 buildings
In total, four fires have consumed more than 60 square miles in LA’s most affluent neighborhoods, wiping out A-list celebrity homes and restaurant hotspots among its 12,300 buildings.
Local fire departments have warned that higher winds and more fire would keep those under mandatory evacuation orders from returning home to assess damage.
“Life-threatening winds and dangerously low humidity are forecast for much of Southern California, creating a significant risk of rapid fire spread,” the California Fire Marshal (CalFire) said in a statement. “The wind will cause more fire activity.”
The Eaton Fire near Pasadena and the Palisades Fire, in a wealthy enclave along the Pacific coast, alone accounted for nearly 93 square miles.
Nearly 70,000 customers across California were without power on Sunday, with more than half in Los Angeles County, according to PowerOutrage.com.
Extremely dry weather conditions due to prolonged drought, dry vegetation and strong Santa Ana winds reaching up to 80 miles per hour in some areas this week created the “perfect storm” for the fires.
Two people have also been arrested for allegedly setting fires in the county as well, including Ruben Montes, 29, who was arrested Sunday for arson in Irwindale, about 15 miles from Altadena, where the deadly Eaton Fire continues to rage.
Mexican national Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva was also taken into custody after he was reportedly caught on video walking with a yellow blowtorch before being confronted by residents of Calabasas, west of Beverly Hills.