Paris Hilton's Malibu beach home is 'burned to a crisp' in California wildfires

Paris Hilton is among the celebrities who have lost their homes amid a series of deadly wind-fueled wildfires scorching select areas of Southern California.

An oceanfront Malibu home owned by the socialite, 43, who shares two children with husband Carter Reum, 43, was 'burned to a crisp,' insiders told TMZ Wednesday.

The waterfront residence owned by the This Is Paris star was 'reduced to a pile of burning rubble' due to the blazes that have been concentrated in the Los Angeles communities of Pacific Palisades and Malibu.

Sources told TMZ that the home burned in the blaze was not the 'main residence' the hotel heiress lives in, as she owns 'multiple properties,' including a mansion in Beverly Hills. 

Hilton took to Instagram with a series of posts documenting the tough times, writing that she was 'praying for LA/California' atop an images of fires spreading throughout the area scorching homes and businesses. 

The reality star offered options on how to help to more than 26 million followers, listing organizations including the American Red Cross, LA Food Bank and LAFD Wildfire Emergency Fund among the options 

California firefighters on Wednesday remained battling wind-whipped fires tearing across the area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as the fires burned uncontained. Officials said the death toll was at five people as of Wednesday afternoon. 

Hilton was one in a number of Hollywood stars impacted by the blaze, as celebrities who lost their homes included Anna Faris; Adam Brody and Leighton Meester; Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag; James Woods; Eugene Levy; Miles and Keleigh Teller; John Goodman; and others.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Hamill and Mandy Moore were among the celebrities who said they had to evacuate their homes.    

Curtis said Wednesday on Instagram that her family is safe, but suggested her neighborhood and possibly her home is on fire. She said many of her friends lost their homes.

Moore said her family evacuated too and has since tried to shield her kids from the 'immense sadness and worry' that she currently feels.

'So gutted for the destruction and loss,' she posted in her Instagram story. 'Don't know if our place made it.'

'It's a terrifying situation and I'm grateful to the firefighters and all of the good Samaritans who are helping people get out of the way of the blaze.'

Other stars who have homes in the area include Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg; many are awaiting word on whether their homes survived the flames.

Woods posted footage Tuesday of flames burning through bushes and past palm trees on a hill near his home. The towering orange flames billowed among the landscaped yards between the homes.

'Standing in my driveway, getting ready to evacuate,' Woods said in the short video on X. Later, he confirmed he had evacuated and added: 'It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.'

Officials didn´t give an estimate of structures damaged or destroyed in the wildfire, but they said at least 70,000 residents were under evacuation orders and nearly 30,000 structures were under threat.

The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity residences and memorialized by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit Surfin´ USA. 

In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.

'Evacuated Malibu so last minute,' wrote Hamill in an Instagram post Tuesday night. 'Small fires on both sides of the road as we approached (the Pacific Coast Highway).'

Less than 72 hours before, Hollywood´s highest-wattage stars had convened to walk the Golden Globes´ red carpet, the first major event of the exuberant and, for many, triumphant awards season. 

The revelry of awards season had quickly been snuffed out, too: Premieres of contenders like Better Man and The Last Showgirl were canceled, the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced via press release instead of at a live event and weekend events like the AFI Awards were preemptively scrubbed.