Tom Hanks’ $26,000,000 home miraculously avoids being burned down

Tom Hanks’ house had a lucky escape from the wildfires (Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

A $26million (£21m) home belonging to Tom Hanks has remarkably avoided major damage after Los Angeles was hit by devastating wildfires.

The West Coast American city has been ravaged by six separate fires to the north, with numerous celebrities losing their homes and possessions.

Among those severely affected are the likes of Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal, and Sir Anthony Hopkins, as well as Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, and Eugene Levy.

As of Friday morning in LA, the fires are still uncontained, and thousands of people’s homes have been reduced to ash and rubble by the firestorms.

However, based on new pictures taken in the aftermath of the Pacific Palisades fire, the beloved Saving Private Ryan actor, 68, appears to have avoided having his name added to that list.

Tom’s house, totalling more than 4,500 square feet in size, was reportedly just far enough away from his neighbours’ home to avoid catching fire.

Tom’s home has avoided contact with any debris or ash (Picture: Backgrid)

Not only did the Big actor’s house not catch fire—it also appears to have avoided being hit with any debris or ash, with the pristine white outer walls still shining in the LA sun.

Unfortunately, his neighbour wasn’t so lucky, with the pictures showing the devastation and wreckages immediately surrounding Tom’s luxury residence.

Tom and his wife, Rita Wilson, 68, bought the house together 15 years ago—listings from around that time show that it has four bedrooms and five bathrooms.

The four-bedroom property was spared the worst (Picture: Backgrid) Tom and wife Rita Wilson bought the house back in 2010 (Picture: Allison Dinner/EPA)

The house overlooks one of the many deep valleys and cliff edges in the Pacific Palisades area, which is home to numerous stars of the entertainment industry.

Actors John Goodman and Miles Teller are two other famous faces whose properties were destroyed by the fires, which are already the most destructive in LA’s history.

Tom’s son Chet, 34, shared a heartbreaking message on Instagram, begging fans to ‘pray’ for the neighbourhood he was born and raised in.

‘The neighbourhood I grew up in is burning to the ground right now,’ he informed his 568,000 followers from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He signed off: ‘Pray for Palisades.’

The Palisades fire has torn through 53 square miles of LA (Picture: Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

More than 53 square miles of land have been scorched, and there’s currently no deadline on when the fires will finally be brought under some kind of control.

Almost 200,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes, with some returning to their local communities in the aftermath to assess the damage.

10 people have been confirmed dead, with police and fire services still making their way through the worst-hit areas in an attempt to locate any missing people.

In addition, several tourist landmarks have been destroyed, as more than 3,000 buildings have been obliterated in just a matter of days.

The Bunny Museum in Altadena, the Topanga Ranch Motel, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, the Getty Center, the Andrew McNally House, and parts of Sunset Boulevard are all gone.

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