‘RHOC’ Vicki Gunvalson’s 3-Bedroom Pad Among Homes Threatened By California Wildfires

Vicki Gunvalson‘s home is close to the ongoing California fires, which are reportedly growing out of control.

Vicki Gunvalson’s home is currently in a sensitive spot. The fire has destroyed several homes, and mandatory evacuations have been issued in Orange County and Riverside County.

According to the map released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 4,620-square-foot pad in Coto de Caza, California, which she purchased for $1,035,000 in 2021, is encircled in a voluntary evacuation area.

Sources close to the reality star shared that Gunvalson has not needed to leave the property despite increasing concerns about the growing fire.

The Airport Fire started on Monday afternoon in Orange County and has reportedly spread over 22,000 acres as of Tuesday. As of Tuesday, thousands of homes were in danger, and over 11,000 people had been evacuated.

According to In Touch, the 62-year-old put the property on the market in 2020 for $1,599,000, but it never sold.

On the cause of the fire, the Orange County Fire Authority Incident Captain Paul Holaday announced on Tuesday at a news conference that it was “accidental, unintentional, by heavy equipment working in the areas of the RC Airport.”

According to ABC10, the massive fire began on Monday around 1:20 p.m. near Rose Canyon Road and Trabuco Canyon Road.

Commander Kevin Fetterman disclosed that the fire has been difficult to tame due to the terrain, dry conditions, and the fact that some areas have not burned in years.

California is no stranger to wildfires; in fact, it is currently heading toward its peak wildfire season. However, it has reportedly already seen nearly three times as much acreage burn than all of 2023 combined.

The last few months have been rough for the reality star. The Blast reported that Gunvalson shared her experience with a nasty health crisis that left her traumatized.

The business mogul recalled passing out in a meeting with a client who was luckily a former physician and was able to tell Olivia (her boyfriend, Michael Smith’s daughter), who was with her at that time, that she was “possibly having a stroke.”

The star shared that she could not remember anything during her moment of unconsciousness and even after Olivia rushed her to the hospital.

Upon their arrival at the health clinic, Gunvalson stated that she was diagnosed with a sinus infection and sent home hours later to relax and use her medicine.

Her boyfriend, Smith, also hopped on the next flight out of Arizona to see her and found her passed out again in the bathtub when he arrived home.

Smith described the moment as “one of the scariest” times of his life as he grabbed her out of the water and put her into the bed based on the doctor’s order to allow her to sleep.

Smith continued that Gunvalson slept for over 13 hours, and he had no choice but to take her back to the hospital.

It was then discovered that she was previously misdiagnosed and she had a massive infection. Smith added, “It was actually sepsis, but it was pneumonia.”

He stated that the doctors explained it as “when your body is fighting that big of an infection… your whole body attacks it what affects the brain and everything else in your body because your body sends everything it has to fight it.” He described it as “dangerous” and “scary.”

Gunvalson admitted that she does not remember much and likened her case to “stroke or PTSD where the brain just goes into quiet mode, it just won’t remember to protect you.”

The impact of the health scare and the risk associated with it after her neurologist explained the severity to her has left Gunvalson super emotional since her recovery.

The reality star recalled being told she had a “10 to 20 percent chance of survival,” adding, “I cry a lot, and Michael keeps saying, ‘Why do you keep crying? I don’t have an answer.”

Gunvalson found her current reality hard to believe. She admitted on the podcast that she and her beau were having the time of their lives in Barcelona a week before her world came crashing down.

However, her boyfriend was optimistic that the 62-year-old would soon regain her strength and bounce back from the unpleasant health incident.

Gunvalson is also trying to clear her name in a fraud lawsuit filed by a former client named Diane Field. Field accused Gunvalson and her business associate of fraud and elderly abuse after she consulted the reality star’s investment firm for financial advice.

Gunvalson issued a statement through her lawyers detailing that she has remained a well-respected insurance broker over the last three decades and has helped over 7,000 clients achieve their financial goals.

Her lawyers explained that the 62-year-old only obeyed Field’s directions about “the annuities and the life insurance policy.” They insisted that the mom-of-two did not engage in any conduct that could be considered financial elder abuse, breach of fiduciary duty, or fraud.