Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg can breathe a sigh of aid.
The Hollywood legends’ houses have each been spared from the devastating Los Angeles fires which have ravaged the town this week.
Hanks, 68, and Spielberg, 78, each reside within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, which has been devastated by the Palisades Hearth, which started burning on Tuesday morning.
In aerial images taken on Wednesday and obtained by The Put up, the “Cast Away” actor’s clifftop mansion seems unscathed. The house simply above Hanks’ was not so fortunate, although. Blackened and nonetheless smoking, the construction was hollowed out by flames.
Spielberg’s close by Spanish-style house additionally seemed to be untouched by the Palisades Hearth as of Wednesday. Sources have additionally advised TMZ that the sprawling property has not been broken.
Famously near the famed director, Hanks starred in Spielberg’s World Warfare II epic “Saving Private Ryan.” The pair additionally labored collectively on “The Terminal,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Bridge of Spies” and “The Post.”
The Oscar-winning friends used to reside even nearer to 1 one other within the Pacific Palisades, separated solely by a few blocks within the hillside neighborhood.
That each of their houses have to this point survived the Palisades Hearth is one thing of a miracle, provided that entire streets had been leveled by the blaze.
The Put up has reached out to reps for Hanks and Spielberg for remark.
On Tuesday, Hanks and spouse Rita Wilson’s son Chet, 34, shared his grief over the mass destruction.
“The neighborhood I grew up in is burning to the ground rn,” Chet wrote on his Instagram story.
“Pray for the Palisades,” he added.
Chet, who at present lives in Nashville, was raised within the celebrity-packed neighborhood alongside together with his youthful brother Truman, 29. The rapper has two half-siblings, Colin, 47, and Elizabeth, 42, from his well-known father’s earlier marriage to actress Samantha Lewes.
1000’s of different Angelenos, together with many celebrities, haven’t been as fortunate as Hanks and Spielberg.
Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, in addition to Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, have all misplaced their houses to the fires.
5 wildfires proceed to tear by areas of Los Angeles County, together with Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Malibu and Altadena. Roughly 30,000 acres have been scorched, with tens of 1000’s pressured to flee following evacuation orders.
With damages already estimated between $52 billion and $57 billion, the fires have change into the most expensive in Los Angeles historical past.
The causes of the blazes usually are not but identified and are being investigated by metropolis authorities.
