Australian television star forced to evacuate home as monstrous fires rage across LA: 'Please pray for our neighbourhood'
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Australia's Next Top Model star Didier Cohen has been forced to evacuate his home as fires rage across Los Angeles. The enormous blaze in the Pacific Palisades forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.
![[The American-born model, 39, took to his Instagram story on Wednesday to share a series of harrowing clips that showed the fires inching closer to his property]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868099-14262735-Didier_took_to_his_Instagram_story_on_Wednesday_to_share_a_serie-m-65_1736343897929.jpg)
The American-born model, 39, took to his Instagram story on Wednesday to share a series of harrowing clips that showed the fires inching closer to his property. One clip showed Didier walking into his front yard wearing a sweater with the hood pulled over his shaved head.
![[The model shared one clip showing him exiting his garage, now wearing a respirator mask]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868095-14262735-The_model_shared_one_clip_showing_him_exiting_his_garage_now_wea-m-64_1736343887237.jpg)
'Um, not good,' he said as he surveyed the frightening scene. 'There's fires around our whole house. It's clearly across the street. Houses already getting engulfed.'. Australia's Next Top Model star Didier Cohen has been forced to evacuate his home as fires rage across Los Angeles. Pictured.
![[After revealing that he had evacuated safely, Didier shared a harrowing image that showed cars stopped on an LA road as smoke and flames engulfed the skyline]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868115-14262735-After_revealing_that_he_had_evacuated_safely_Didier_shared_a_har-a-46_1736343264556.jpg)
The American-born model, 39, took to his Instagram story on Wednesday to share a series of harrowing clips that showed the fires inching closer to his property. Didier continued: 'Just standing by for an evacuation notice. Thanks to everyone who reached out.'.
![[The enormous blaze in the Pacific Palisades forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868123-14262735-image-a-113_1736342496742.jpg)
The model followed the clip up with a second two hours later showing him exiting his garage, now wearing a respirator mask. 'It's getting real dicey, I can't see anything now,' he said in the video. 'We've been told to evacuate, so I hope the house is alright. I hope everyone's alright.'.
![[Didier first shot to fame as a judge on Channel Seven's reality show Beauty and the Geek. He then went on to enjoy a stint on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia before joining Australia's Next Top Model as a mentor for two seasons]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868147-14262735-Didier_first_shot_to_fame_as_a_judge_on_Channel_Seven_s_reality_-a-49_1736343264896.jpg)
