Fire Damages Home of Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello

The blaze Thursday in Encino was doused in less than a half-hour

Former Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello suffered smoke inhalation from a fire that damaged her Los Angeles home, according to the Associated Press.

Her former husband said she wasn't seriously injured.

The blaze Thursday in Encino was doused in less than a half-hour.

Fire spokesman Erik Scott said two women -- one of them in a wheelchair -- and a man were hospitalized for possible smoke inhalation and are in good condition.

Their names weren't released, but Funicello's ex-husband, Jack Gilardi, said the 68-year-old actress was at home with her current husband and a nurse. Funicello has multiple sclerosis.

Gilardi said they were exposed to smoke but will recover. Funicello was a Mouseketeer on TV's "Mickey Mouse Club'' in the 1950s and had a singing and acting career that included a series of beach movies.

 

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