Spencer Pratts dad tries to fight flames as Palisades mansion burnt down year after sons home lost

Spencer Pratt’s father desperately tried to battle a fast-moving fire with a garden hose before firefighters arrived at a Pacific Palisades home Friday — a haunting scene that unfolded more than a year after the devastating wildfire that destroyed both his own home and his son’s.William Pratt, a longtime Pacific Palisades dentist, spotted flames engulfing a large home under construction on Northfield Street shortly before 4 p.m.while driving to his nearby property, NBCLA reported.He stopped, called 911 and attempted to keep the blaze from spreading until Los Angeles Fire Department crews reached the scene.“I’m sad I had to spend two to three minutes looking for the hose bib to the house and another two to three minutes getting the hose untangled and hooked up,” he wrote in a text message to NBC Los Angeles.

“Each second was like a lifetime.”The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed William Pratt was the person who called 911 to report the fire.Firefighters arrived about six minutes after the emergency call and launched an aggressive attack on the flames, bringing the fire under control roughly 20 minutes later.

Around 34 firefighters responded.Pratt said the incident brought back painful memories of the catastrophic Palisades Fire that destroyed his family home in January 2025.“It gave me a little PTSD,” he said.“I did my best to put it out,” he added.“It just grew way too fast.”Fire officials said a nearby resident was also spraying water in an effort to keep the flames from spreading to neighboring homes.

Authorities said they could not confirm whether William Pratt was among those using a hose before crews arrived.No injuries were reported, and investigators are still working to determine what sparked the fire.The frightening episode comes after William Pratt lost the Pacific Palisades home where he had lived for four decades during last year’s historic wildfire.At the time, his son, former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, revealed...