'My heart has shattered': Paris Hilton and Mel Gibson among stars to lose homes
'My heart has shattered': Paris Hilton and Mel Gibson among stars to lose homes
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Paris Hilton says her "heart has shattered into a million pieces," after visiting the charred remains of her Malibu beach house which has been destroyed in wildfires sweeping LA. Describing herself on Instagram as "in complete shock," the hotel heiress said seeing her family memories "reduced to ashes" was "devastating".
Meanwhile, Mel Gibson has said the loss of his family home and all his belongings in the fire was "emotional". It burned down while he was recording the Joe Rogan Experience in Texas. Follow live: Latest blaze investigated as possible arson. At least 10 people have been killed in the blazes, which have been burning for four days, forcing 179,000 to evacuate their homes. Tens of thousands of acres of land still burning.
The fires affected multiple celebrities, as the fires have ripped through exclusive suburbs in southern California, home to film stars and billionaires. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. . Hilton, 43, said she watched her home burn to the ground on TV - and shared a video on social media from inside her gutted home.
She said she was grateful to be safe along with her husband Carter Reum and their two children, Phoenix and London, but was devastated to have lost her family home. She wrote on Instagram: "I'm standing here in what used to be our home, and the heartbreak is truly indescribable.