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Petra Ecclestone has confirmed her home miraculously escaped the raging bushfires that have caused mass destruction across Los Angeles.
More than 37,000 acres of land, 12,000 structures and 16 lives have been claimed by the catastrophic inferno since it began on the Santa Monica mountainside on January 7.
Petra's realtor husband Zam Palmer previously admitted they were 'praying for a miracle' as the fire tore across upscale Pacific Palisades, a stone's throw from their palatial £30million home in Brentwood.
The daughter of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has since returned to social media with an update after the family fled their property, initially relocating to the Beverly Hilton Hotel before leaving the city.
Engaging in a question and answer session with followers on Sunday, Petra, 36, admitted they were thankfully out of danger, and their home was intact.
She wrote: 'Safe and evacuated from the fires... the most scary and surreal thing I have ever had to have gone through.
Petra Ecclestone has confirmed her home miraculously escaped the raging bushfires that have caused mass destruction across Los Angeles
The fire tore across upscale Pacific Palisades, a stone's throw from the palatial £30million home she shares with realtor husband Sam Palmer and her children (pictured)
Petra also revealed the schools her children attend had been burned during the blaze, which has reduced much of the Palisades to rubble
'We are so grateful that for now our home is still standing for now. Thoughts and prayers for all our friends who lost their homes.'
Petra also revealed the schools her children attend had been burned during the blaze, which has reduced much of the Palisades to rubble.
Asked if the fires had affected her home or area, she added: 'Yes... my children's schools have been and we live next to the Palisades, which to me was one of the best and most beautiful parts of Los Angeles... a lovely community full of amazing families... still does not feel real. Praying for Los Angeles right now.'
Confirming the family were no longer in Los Angeles, she wrote: 'We left luckily after being in the middle of it all... so grateful to be safe.'
Petra's sister Tamara previously shared her terror after receiving the 'worst phone call ever during the Los Angeles wildfires.
The F1 heiress, 40, said that she was 'stunned' by what is happening in Hollywood as she posted about her devastation on her Instagram page on Thursday.
The previous day, Petra's real estate agent husband Sam Palmer has said they were 'praying for a miracle' as the Pacific Palisades veers closer to their $30.5M home.
Sharing a terrifying update on Instagram, Sam said their house was in 'god's hands' as they watched the fire, from their television, head to their area. It is currently unclear how affected their home has been.
She admitted the family have since left Los Angeles for their own safety as the fires continue to rage across the city
'We are so grateful that for now our home is still standing for now. Thoughts and prayers for all our friends who lost their homes,' she wrote on Sunday
Petra and Sam have since checked into the Beverly Hilton Hotel with their children and pets where they are are hunkering down into the fires are under control.
Tamara shared the moment she received the news that her family had been forced to flee their home from the fires ripping across the city.
Sharing a photograph of a firefighter at the blaze, she wrote: 'The worst phone call I have ever received from my sister. I am still stunned at what is happening. My heart breaks for everyone that has been affected.'
Apocalyptic scenes of 120ft flames engulfing multi-million dollar homes stunned the world as wildfires tore through one of Hollywood's most exclusive enclaves.
Stars such as Petra, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Star Wars’ Mark Hamill, American actor James Woods were forced to flee as rampaging wildfires ripped through Pacific Palisades, burning everything in their path.
Thanking her fans for their support last night, Petra wrote on her Instagram Story: 'Thank you to everyone checking in. My heart goes out to everyone in LA...
'Our friends and all those in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, also impacted by the wildfires. Hoping for a miracle that our will be ok.'
Petra's sister Tamara previously shared her terror after receiving the 'worst phone call ever during the Los Angeles wildfires
Tamara shared the moment she received the news that her family had been forced to flee their home from the fires ripping across the city
On Wednesday, Petra's real estate agent husband Sam said they were 'praying for a miracle' as the Pacific Palisades veered closer to their $30.5million home
On Thursday, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck were seen returning to their properties, with one neighbour telling the Mail he saw Affleck wielding a garden hose to soak the deck at the back of his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s mansion.
More than 33,000 residents were forced to outrun what has become known as the ‘Palisades Fire’, which burned through 3,500 acres, whipped by winds of up to 80mph.
The vast conflagration remained out of control last night, with California governor Gavin Newsom declaring a state of emergency.
Thanking her fans for their support last night, Petra wrote on her Instagram Story: 'Thank you to everyone checking in. My heart goes out to everyone in LA...
Petra and Sam have checked into the Beverly Hilton Hotel with their children
The Formula 1 heiress and her husband Sam lives in Brentwood, five miles out from the Pacific Palisades
Three other blazes nearby – the Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire and Woodley Fire – destroyed a further 2,200 acres with another 50,000 residents displaced.
Sam has been keeping his followers updated on their situation, as he posed with his son for a photo, and wrote: 'Safe and sound. The house is in gods hands now'.
He later updated fans penning: 'Watching the TV with the fire heading to our house praying for a miracle'.
Just 24 hours before the fire engulfed Los Angeles, Sam and Petra returned home from a family trip in Dubai.
In 2023, Sam and Petra splashed out on the sprawling property, which boasts seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms and is 13,500 square feet.
The dark grey house is situated behind high gates and a large wall of olive and oak trees.
It has a huge garden complete with a large swimming pool, as well as a movie theatre room.
The mansion also has a music room and a wine cellar that can hold up to 200 bottles of wine.
Sharing a terrifying update on Instagram, Sam said their house is in 'gods hands' as they watched the fire, from their television, head to their area - hours after their children were evacuated from school
The raging wildfire - now burning over 2,900 acres of Los Angeles land - is rapidly ripping through the expensive A-list enclave, home to Ben Affleck, Chris Pratt, Reese Witherspoon and Miles Teller
In another pictured with his son, he captioned his post: 'Safe and sound. The house is in gods hands now'
Petra and Sam with their four children, Lavinia, 10, seven-year-old twins James and Andrew, and Minnie, two, on their wedding day
The enormous blaze in the Pacific Palisades forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.
Firefighters battling the blaze, which is burning through about five football fields a minute, warned they were running out of water and supplies, as evacuation warnings spread to Malibu and Calabasas.
Tankers full of water had been dousing the inferno from the skies all afternoon, but all aircraft were later grounded amid deteriorating wind conditions and visibility.
Residents were warned the worst is still yet to come as the raging wildfire burns through more than 2,900 acres of Los Angeles land at an extraordinary rate.
At least 30,000 residents are now under mandatory evacuation orders with more still warned they should be prepared to leave, after a fire that broke out in the foothills near Eaton Canyon has grown to 1,000 acres in just six hours since it began.
A third brush fire has broken out in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley which recent estimates is around 100 acres big.
Even more celebrities call Calabasas and Pasadena home, including the Kardashians.
Hellish photos from the inferno's epicenter show once-decadent million-dollar homes completely obliterated by the wildfire. A spiral staircase and opulent art gallery wall were seen burned to cinders.
Firefighters, which have said there is no hope of containing the fires overnight, are now focusing their efforts on helping residents get to safety.
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