Kim and Kanye join the stars fleeing for their lives from Californian wildfires
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Kim Kardashian and hubby Kanye West packed bags and ran once blaze started to threaten homes. Picture: Getty
WILDFIRES ripped through California yesterday forcing celebs Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to flee their mansions.
The blaze burned around 500 acres in Calabasas, a rich area popular with A-list stars.It threatened about 3000 homes and at least 5000 people were evacuated north of Los Angeles.
A helicopter drops water near a ground crew near a hotspot at the Calabasas brushfire. Picture: AFPSource:AFP
Emergency vehicles fill the Calabasas High School parking yesterday. Picture: AFPSource:AFP
Actress Katie Holmes, 37, also had to flee her six-bedroom property in the same area as Kim’s sisters Khloe, 31, and Kourtney, 37.
Another of their siblings, Kylie Jenner, 18, posted videos to Snapchat showing black smoke billowing over her house.
Kylie Jenner outside her newly purchased Calabasas home. Picture: InstagramSource:Supplied
Jenner Snapchatted this photo of the fire from her backyard. Picture: Snapchat/Kylie JennerSource:Supplied
The inferno is believed to have been sparked during a heatwave after a vehicle hit a utility pole that downed power lines.
Residents returned to their homes after the fire was extinguished.
The fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles damaged homes and prompted neighbourhood evacuations. Picture: APSource:AP
The blaze is one of several that erupted late Saturday afternoon in Calabasas and West Hills. Picture” APSource:AP
