Melissa Rivers lost everything she owned in the Palisades fires on Jan. 7, but says her mother Joan's famous archive of jokes remains intact

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.

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."

The Emmy Award won by Joan Rivers in 1990 for her daytime talk show is one of the few things grabbed by her daughter Melissa Rivers as she fled her Pacific Palisades home before it fell victim to the Los Angeles fires.

Melissa Rivers has told how her mum Joan Rivers' catalogue of jokes has been saved from the Los Angeles fires. Melissa Rivers' home was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire, but she's revealed some of her late mother's belongings were saved.

Michael Simon/Getty Images Melissa Rivers is reflecting on what she lost in the Los Angeles wildfires - none of which was her late mom Joan Rivers' heirlooms. "The jokes and the major archival pieces,