Tom Hanks' son shares devastating message as his hometown Pacific Palisades is swallowed up by ravenous wildfire
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Tom Hanks' son shared a devastating message as his hometown of Pacific Palisades continues to be consumed by a horrifying wildfire. Chet Hanks,34, the son of the Toy Story star and Rita Wilson, took to Instagram late Tuesday evening telling his followers to 'pray' for the neighborhood.
'The neighborhood I grew up in is burning to the ground rn [right now]. Pray for Palisades,' Chet wrote on his Instagram story, alongside a prayer hand emoji. His parents purchased a sprawling $26million, 14,513 square-foot mansion in Pacific Palisades in 2010. It is unclear if the home has been affected by the inferno.
![[Firefighters have continued to fight the mammoth blaze in the ritzy neighborhood as nearly 30,000 residents have been forced out of the area]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/05/93855993-14261625-image-a-18_1736314803095.jpg)
Chet currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee as he posted in August about 'leaving Hollywood.'. Firefighters have continued to fight the mammoth blaze in the ritzy neighborhood as nearly 30,000 residents have been forced out of the area. Officials have warned they're running out of water and supplies, while emergency evacuation warnings have spread as far as Malibu and Calabasas.
![[The Toy Story star and his wife Rita Wilson purchased the 1.5- acre home in 2010]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/05/93850375-14261625-The_couple_of_36_years_purchased_the_1_5_acre_home_which_was_bui-a-19_1736315116353.jpg)
Tankers full of water have been dousing the inferno from the skies all afternoon, but all aircraft have now been grounded amid deteriorating wind conditions and visibility. Tom Hanks ' son, Chet Hanks, 34, shared a devastating message as his hometown of Pacific Palisades is consumed by a horrifying wildfire.
![[The actor, 34, took to his Instagram late Tuesday evening telling his followers to 'pray' for the neighborhood]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/05/93855991-14261625-image-a-16_1736314743200.jpg)
. Residents have been warned that the worst is yet to come as the raging fire burns through more than 2,900 acres of land in Los Angeles at an extraordinary rate. While at least 30,000 people are currently under a mandatory evacuation order, others have been warned that they should prepare to flee as new brush fires have diverted necessary resources to Pasadena and Altadena near Eaton Canyon.
![[The intense wildfire tears through a residence in Pacific Palisades]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/05/93856045-14261625-image-a-20_1736315137646.jpg)
