Paris Hilton is among the celebrities who lost their homes amid a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that scorched select areas of Southern California.
An oceanfront home in Malibu owned by the socialite, 43, who shares two children with her husband Carter Reum, 43, was “burned to ashes,” sources said. TMZ Wednesday.
The beachfront residence owned by the This Is Paris star was “reduced to a pile of burning rubble” due to the fires that have focused on the Pacific Palisades and Malibu communities in Los Angeles.
Sources told TMZ that the house burned in the fire was not the “primary residence” the hotel heiress lives in, as she owns “several properties,” including a mansion in Beverly Hills.
Hilton took to Instagram with a series of posts documenting the difficult times, writing that she was “praying for Los Angeles/California” above images of fires spreading throughout the area burning homes and businesses.
The reality star offered options on how to help more than 26 million followers, listing organizations like the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Food Bank and the LAFD Wildfire Emergency Fund among the options.
Paris Hilton, 43, is among the celebrities who lost their homes amid a series of wildfires that devastated select areas of Southern California. Photographed in New York last month.
An oceanfront Malibu home owned by the socialite was “burned to ashes,” sources told TMZ on Wednesday.
California firefighters continued to battle wind-swept fires raging through the area on Wednesday, destroying homes, blocking roads as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as fires burned out of control. Authorities said the death toll was five people as of Wednesday afternoon.
Hilton was one of the Hollywood stars affected by the fire, as celebrities who lost their homes included Anna Faris; Adam Brody and Leighton Meester; Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag; James Woods; Eugenio Levy; Miles and Keleigh Teller; John Goodman; and others.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Hamill and Mandy Moore were among the celebrities who said they had to evacuate their homes.
Curtis said Wednesday on Instagram that his family is safe, but suggested his neighborhood and possibly his home are on fire. He said many of his friends lost their homes.
Moore said her family was also evacuated and has since tried to protect her children from the “immense sadness and worry” she is currently feeling.
“So devastated by the destruction and loss,” she posted on her Instagram Story. “I don’t know if our place made it.”
“It’s a scary situation and I’m grateful to the firefighters and all the good Samaritans who are helping people out of the path of the fire.”
Other stars who have homes in the area include Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg; many are waiting for news about whether their homes survived the flames.
Paris took to Instagram with a series of posts documenting the difficult times.
The reality star offered options on how to help, listing organizations like the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Food Bank and the LAFD Wildfire Emergency Fund among the options.
Woods posted images Tuesday of flames shooting through bushes and palm trees on a hill near his home. Towering orange flames billowed across the gardens between the houses.
“Standing in my driveway, getting ready to evacuate,” Woods said in the short video about
Authorities did not give an estimate of the structures damaged or destroyed by the wildfire, but said at least 70,000 residents were under evacuation orders and nearly 30,000 structures were under threat.
The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity residences and commemorated by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit Surfin’ USA.
In the frantic rush to safety, roads became impassable as dozens of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some with suitcases.
“I evacuated Malibu at the last minute,” Hamill wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday night. ‘Small fires on both sides of the road as we approached (the Pacific Coast Highway).’
Less than 72 hours earlier, Hollywood’s highest-profile stars had gathered to walk the red carpet at the Golden Globes, the first big event of the exuberant and, for many, triumphant awards season.
The awards season revelry also quickly died down: Premieres of contenders like Better Man and The Last Showgirl were cancelled, Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced via press releases rather than at a live event, and events weekend like the AFI Awards. They were cleaned preventively.