As the Californian wildfire death toll continues to rise, celebrities have taken to social media to share their own stories of loss in the devastating blaze.
With Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker both reportedly loosing homes and gear, both Robin Thicke and Gerard Butler have reveled that they have lost homes in the fire.
“Returned to my house in Malibu after evacuating. Heartbreaking time across California” said Butler in an Instagram post, adding that he was “inspired as ever by the courage, spirit and sacrifice of firefighters”.
A representative for Mr Thicke said that he, his girlfriend and children were safe, but confirmed that his house had also burned down.
Camille Grammer Meyer, of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Dr Strange director Scott Derrickson also lost mansions in the blaze.
“Sadly my house couldn’t be saved” wrote Meyer in a social media post, saying that “luckily we quickly evacuated our house yesterday after a patrol car drove up the street announcing mandatory evacuations”.
Kim Kardashian West, Caitlyn Jenner, Orlando Bloom and Lady Gaga were just some of the other celebrities who revealed that they had to evacuate in the wake of the fires.
The wildfire has now been named the most destructive in Californian history, with 25 people confirmed to have died in the blaze and fears that the figure may rise.
Three huge fires are burning across the state, wiping out nearly 1,040 square km’s and burning some towns, such as the town of Paradise, completely to the ground.
High, dry winds blowing from the desert regions are expected to sustain the conditions until at least Tuesday, with forecast meteorologist Marc Chenard stating that the short-term outlook was “nothing but bad news.”
The Griffith Park Fire in 1933 and the Tunnel Fire in 1991 are the only fires to have claimed more lives in the State’s history, with reports coming in that people were forced to abandon their cars and run for their lives in some parts of the state.
