Ewan McGregor's family evacuated from Hollywood home as wildfires destroy LA neighbourhoods

Ewan McGregor's family have been evacuated from their Hollywood home as a series of devastating wildfires spread through the greater Los Angeles area.

The Scots star's daughter Clara has been sharing her devastation at the impact of the deadly fires. The American Horror Story actress, 28, told fans on Instagram yesterday: "My family got evacuation notices yesterday evening. We are all safe. Our pets are safe. Feeling very lucky. Praying for our friends/neighbourhood/community."

Urgent evacuation notices were put in place within the last day for residents across neighbourhoods in the Hollywood Hills as the wildfires engulfing Los Angeles show no signs of abating.

Scots LA-based entertainment journalist Ross King told GMB earlier today: "We're under evacuation orders at the moment. They're not mandatory, but I tell you, it's such a weird feeling when you're packing up the car. You know we're getting everything ready."

He added poignantly: "You go round the house and you take photographs and you're thinking 'this might be the last time you actually see the house,' and that's why your heart breaks when you see so many homes, you know we're talking about thousands of structures gone."

After sharing a series of awareness raising posts to evacuate and places to donate to the disaster relief, Clara McGregor shared she and her family had been "evacuated again" early on Thursday morning, as she thanked the LA Fire Department for their heroic efforts.

Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton are also among the well-known figures who have lost properties to the wildfires. Actor James Woods also appeared visibly moved on CNN, shedding tears as he recounted the loss of his Pacific Palisades home. Schitt's Creek star Eugene Levy also saw his $3.9million home destroyed, as did reality stars Heidi and Spencer Pratt.

Some mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for areas north of Hollywood Blvd, west of U.S Highway 101 and all the way to Laurel Canyon Blvd.

There are also advised evacuation warnings issued for blocks stretching in the Laurel Canyon area, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard.

Mandatory evacuation orders are still in effect near the Palisades fire west of Los Angeles. Residents have also been instructed to vacate their homes in the San Fernando Valley.

Further evacuation orders have been issued for parts of Santa Monica and Altadena because of the Eaton fire. The wildfires have tragically claimed five lives so far, with over 15,000 acres and 1,100 structures having been consumed by the flames.

Clara is Star Wars star McGregor's eldest daughter with ex wife Eva Mavrakis. The pair also share Esther, 23, adopted daughter Jamyan, 23, and Anouk, 13. Ewan also shares three-year-old son Laurie with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who he met when they starred together in FX's Fargo in 2014.

Clara hit the headlines in 2017 when she hit out with the comment "piece of trash" on social media photos of her dad kissing Mary Elizabeth after his split from her mother. She later went on to admit to The Times: "It wasn't my finest moment. I love him and I always will."

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