Longtime actor Anthony Hopkins’ mansion in Malibu, California, survived a wildfire that ravaged his neighbor’s home.
Fellow U.K. actor Pierce Brosnan’s home was also spared. However, the homes Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, Robin Thicke, Gerard Butler, and Kim Basinger were destroyed in the blaze.
Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Will Smith were forced to evacuate.
“My wife and I are here today, speaking on behalf of friends, mothers, children, to give voice to their pain and their destitution on this day,” he said.
“I have witnessed many fires in my community and personally experienced the devastation of those fires up close and personal,” he explained. “But none as catastrophic as the events that have taken place in our communities these past five days and nights.”
He added: “The lives of many family, friends, and neighbors have been turned to ash, and many cannot be with us today because they are fighting to protect their homes.”
And he noted that: “they simply cannot get out as they fight to survive without water, electricity, food, gas, and, in some cases, shelter.”
So far, more than 60 people have died in wildfires across Northern and Southern California in the past week, with most of the deaths occurring in Butte County.
