Annie Harvilicz runs two veterinary hospitals and is taking in animals that have been displaced by the fires raging around Los Angeles.

A nnie Harvilicz’s brother came to her in need. While fleeing his Palisades home on Tuesday—one of thousands of structures destroyed by the nearly 20,000-acre Palisades Fire in Los Angeles—he needed to find a place to house his two pets: a cat and bunny.

Los Angeles residents aren’t the only ones being impacted by the devastating fires—countless animals (both pets and wildlife) in the region are in desperate need too. From a lack of housing to fire-related injuries,

I looked around and was like, ‘There’s going to be other people that need help, and we have all this empty space. Let’s use it,’” said vet Annie Harvilicz.