Kate Winslet: ‘It’s A Miracle No One Died In The Branson Fire’

Aug. 25 2011, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Kate Winslet says she will "never forget" escaping the massive fire that destroyed Sir Richard Branson's Caribbean mansion and adds it’s a “miracle no one died” in it.
The Titanic star -- who carried the Brit billionaire’s 90-year-old mother Eve to safety from the blaze -- is "so glad" that none of the 20 guests in the Great House were injured early Monday. (Winslet’s boyfriend Louis Dowler and her two children Mia, 10, and seven-year-old Joe, were among those staying at the home).
The Oscar winner, 35, told The Sun newspaper: "I’m just so glad that everyone is safe. And this very easily could not have been the case.
"I will never forget Richard placing his arms around both my children as we were watching the flames, and saying, 'At the end of the day, what you realize is that all that matters is the people that you love. Everything else is just stuff. And none of that stuff matters.' "