Stunning picture shows just how close Tom Hanks’ LA mansion came to being destroyed
nypost.comthe devastating Los Angeles fires that have ravaged the city this week. Hanks, 68, lives in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, which has been decimated by the Palisades Fire that began burning on Tuesday morning.
In aerial photos taken on Wednesday and obtained by The Post, the “Cast Away” actor’s clifftop mansion appears unscathed. The home just above Hanks’ was not so lucky, though.
Blackened and still smoking, the structure was hollowed out by flames. That the star’s house has thus far survived the Palisades Fire is something of a miracle, given that whole streets were leveled by the blaze.
The Post has reached out to Hanks’ rep for comment.On Tuesday, the “Philadelphia” actor and wife Rita Wilson’s son Chet, 34, shared his grief over the mass destruction.“The neighborhood I grew up in is burning to the ground rn,” Chet wrote on his Instagram story. “Pray for the Palisades,” he added.Chet, who currently lives in Nashville, was raised in the celebrity-packed community along with his younger brother Truman, 29.
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