Stause says she had “forgotten” about the traumatic childhood incident until the Palisades Fire forced her evacuation.

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Chrishell Stause is a survivor.

“When we did need to evacuate, there was a fire kind of like right in our backyard.

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 10: Chrishell Stause is seen on December 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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“I think I kind of got frozen in fear.

I kind of had forgotten, when I was 12, I did watch my house burn down.”

It happened so long ago.”

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“But it came back!”

hostSherri Shepherdinsisted, validating Stause’s “freeze” reaction to the fire.

They are so amazing.

They basically were like, ‘Okay,’ and just started running me through the things."

The realtor/actress reflected to Shepherd that “you don’t know how you’re gonna react.

I think I would’ve liked to have thought Im good in an emergency case.

Stause revealed in a now-deleted Instagram Story that firefighterswere able to containthe fire which broke out in their backyard.

you’ve got the option to watch the rest of Stause’s interview on theSherrishow below.