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).

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

Melissa Rivers, daughter of iconic, late comedian Joan Rivers, said in the midst of packing up her belongings to flee the wildfires raging through Los Angeles, she made sure to grab her mother's sole Emmy award before her town was "wiped off the map.

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."

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.

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.

Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa had to act fast as fire approached her Pacific Palisades-area, but she managed to grab her famous mother’s Emmy before evacuating. In a live interview Wednesday evening,