The stars whose homes have turned to ashes in devastating LA wildfires: Heartbroken A-lister reveals he has ‘no insurance’ as Ben Affleck and Petra Ecclestone flee blaze with families

Dozens of celebrities have been forced to flee their ritzy mega-mansions in coastal Los Angeles as three raging infernos threaten to raze the city to the ground. 

More than 30,000 residents evacuated their homes as a massive wildfire ripped through the celeb enclave of Pacific Palisades, burning nearly 3,000 acres and reducing dozens of homes to rubble.

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt, 41, and his wife Heidi Montag, 38, have lost their home in the ritzy neighborhood due to the raging wildfire.

Oscar-nominated actor James Woods, who shared footage of a home two blocks from his property that was completely engulfed in flames, fled the Palisades with his family as the a fast-moving wildfire tore through. He is unclear on the condition of his own property after the evacuation.

Woods also declared that he and many of his neighbors no longer have insurance after a ‘major company’ supposedly canceled many of the policies four months ago. 

Police Academy star Steve Guttenberg, 66, sprung into action as the blaze ripped through the Palisades community, opting to assist firefighters by moving cars in order to make room for the incoming fire trucks.

Eugene Levy, dubbed the honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, said he was caught in the gridlock of fleeing residents the area. 

But even those who have made it to safety are now praying for a miracle, including Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone and her husband Sam Palmer who evacuated with their family.

A second blaze, dubbed the Eaton Fire, broke out some 30 miles inland in Altadena, near Pasadena, and increased in size to 1,000 acres from 200 acres in a few hours, according to Cal Fire. 

Mandy Moore and her three children have evacuated their Pasadena home as the catastrophic fire continued to spread westward. The This Is Us star, 40, says the family and their pets are safe.

A third blaze named the Hurst Fire had also broken out in Sylmar, in the San Fernando Valley northwest of Los Angeles, prompting evacuations of some nearby residents. 

The raging infernos are tearing through neighborhoods that dozens of A-listers call home, including Ben Affleck, Jhene Aiko, Tom Hanks, Miles Teller, and the Kardashians, among others.

Firefighters are continuing to battle the ferocious wildfires in Los Angeles suburbs, which have devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations as hurricane-force winds fueled rapid blaze growth.

Frightened residents abandoned their cars on one of the only roads in and out of the upscale Pacific Palisades area, fleeing on foot from the 3,000-acre inferno.

Steven Guttenberg told KTLA television that friends of his were impeded from evacuating because others had abandoned their cars in the road.

‘What’s happening is people take their keys with them as if they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars,’ the actor, 66, said.

‘If you leave your car behind, leave the key in there so a guy like me can move your car so that these fire trucks can get up there.’

Gutenberg also leapt into action, helping firefighters by moving cars in order to make room for the incoming fire trucks. 

‘It’s really important for everybody to band together and don’t worry about your personal property. Just get out.’

He added: ‘Get your loved ones and get out.’

Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy is a long-time member of the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood. He and his wife Deborah Devine purchased their home there in 2006 for $2.4million, Tuko reported. 

As the blaze ravaged through his hometown, Levy, 78, told the Los Angeles Times that he got caught in the gridlock of fleeing locals.

The actor told the paper, ‘The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon. I couldn’t see any flames, but the smoke was very dark.’

Oscar-nominated actor James Woods, 77, took to X with multiple posts detailing the damage as a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides was exacerbated by a fierce windstorm in Southern California.

‘Hope everybody gets out safely … leaving,’ said Woods, an Academy Award-nominee for the films Salvador (1986) and Ghosts of Mississippi Leaving (1996), accompanied by a clip of a hillside blaze.

Woods posted a series of photos and clips documenting the damage as he praised the efforts made by first responders to his 4.5 million followers. 

‘We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well,’ Woods said. ‘We are safe and out. 

‘There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely. Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD.’

The Casino actor said he was unclear on the condition of his home after he and his family evacuated their home. 

Spencer Pratt and his wife Heidi Montag have tragically lost their home Pacific Palisades fire.

Pratt, 41, was captured in photos as he watched the rapidly advancing fire move toward his home.

Luckily, the couple and their two sons were able to safely evacuate earlier in the day before the flames got too close.

However, sources told TMZ  the couple are distraught by the staggering loss.

The Hills star documented firefighters’ attempts to contain the blaze with a video posted to his Instagram stories showing an airplane dropping water on a nearby mountain. 

He was seen looking somberly at the approaching flames as he stands on a hillside with a group of people, including one person who appeared to be his father.

Pratt brushed his eyes at one point, possibly from irritating smoke or flying debris.

The roar of the winds that have fueled the fires overwhelmed the clip’s audio at times.

One man could be heard urging the others to evacuate immediately, but others sounded unconcerned and laughed amid the advancing flames.

Ben Affleck returned to an unwelcome surprise on Tuesday when he arrived home as a massive wildfire engulfing part of the Los Angeles’ west side was in view.

The 52-year-old A-lister was pictured driving up to the bachelor pad he has been renting in Los Angeles’ tony Pacific Palisades neighborhood since his split from Jennifer Lopez.

He appeared to have a shocked expression on his face as he rolled up with his window down, despite the poor air quality due to the nearby wildfire.

In addition to destroying multiple homes in the upscale neighborhood, the blaze also led to the cancellation of multiple Hollywood premieres, including the event for his ex Jennifer’s latest film Unstoppable.

Mandy Moore revealed she and her three children have evacuated their home amid the blaze. 

The This Is Us star, 40, took to her Instagram to share an update with her fans, assuring them she was safe.

‘Evacuated and safe with kids, dog and cats. Praying and grateful for the first responders,’ she wrote on her Instagram Stories. 

The star shares sons August, three, and Oscar, 23 months, as well as daughter Louise Everett, born in September 2024, with husband Taylor Goldsmith, 39.

Moore currently resides in Pasadena, California. Some areas within Pasadena have been under mandatory evacuation orders.

Similarly, Petra Ecclestone and Sam Palmer have fled their Los Angeles mansion with their children.

Palmer, in a series of Instagram stories, showed heavy smoke billowing over the crowded interstate amid evacuations.

‘This is so scary,’ he wrote.

Palmer, from what appears to be a hotel, later updated his fans that the family was ‘safe and sound’ and the ‘house is in gods (sic) hands now’. He added that they are ‘praying for a miracle’.

Jamie Lee Curtis on Wednesday confirmed that her community and ‘possibly my home’ are currently on fire. 

‘There are so many conflicting reports. With all the technology there seems to be very little information. It is a terrifying situation and I’m grateful to the firefighters and all of the good Samaritans who are helping people get out of the way of the blaze,’ she posted on Instagram.

‘Neighbors have taken care of neighbors. We ALL take everything for granted because we are all living our lives but when it hits your community, it’s particularly shocking. Life on life’s terms. If ever there was need for the use of the phrase MY HAND IN YOURS, it is right now. 

‘Take care of each other. Stay out of the way and let the firefighters do their work. Pray if you believe in it and even if you don’t, pray for those who do.’

Numerous buildings were destroyed and nearly 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) were burned in the upscale Pacific Palisades area between the beach towns of Santa Monica and Malibu, officials said. The area is home to many film and music stars.

Highways were jammed Tuesday night with people fleeing the inferno as plumes of smoke and flames rose in the sky over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. 

Witnesses reported a number of Palisades homes on fire Tuesday, with flames nearly scorching their cars when people fled the hills of Topanga Canyon as the fire spread from there down to the Pacific Ocean.

Local media reported the fire had also spread north, torching homes near Malibu. Parts of Malibu and Santa Monica are under evacuation orders.

Multiple burn victims were treated after walking toward Duke’s restaurant in Malibu in the evening, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a fire official.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley had earlier told a press conference that more than 25,000 people in 10,000 homes were threatened.

Firefighting aircraft scooped water from the sea to drop it on the flames as they engulfed homes. Bulldozers cleared abandoned vehicles from roads so emergency vehicles could pass, television images showed.

The fire singed some trees on the grounds of the Getty Villa, a museum loaded with priceless works of art, but the collection remained safe largely because nearby bushes had been trimmed as a preventive measure, the museum said.

Before the fire started, the National Weather Service had issued its highest alert for extreme fire conditions for much of Los Angeles County from Tuesday through Thursday.

With low humidity and dry vegetation due to a lack of rain, the conditions were ‘about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather,’ the service said.

The fires have not been contained by Wednesday morning and Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency

A fire official told local television station KTLA that several people were injured in the Palisades Fire, some with burns to faces and hands. One female firefighter had suffered a a head injury.

More than 220,000 homes and businesses in Los Angeles county were without power late on Tuesday, data from PowerOutage.us showed.

Governor Newsom said the state had positioned personnel, firetrucks and aircraft elsewhere in Southern California because of the fire danger to the wider region.

The powerful winds changed President Joe Biden’s travel plans, grounding Air Force One in Los Angeles. He had planned to make a short flight inland to the Coachella Valley for a ceremony to create two new national monuments in California.

‘I have offered any federal assistance that is needed to help suppress the terrible Pacific Palisades fire,’ Biden said in a statement.

A federal grant had already been approved to help reimburse the state of California for its fire response, Biden said.