Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Adam Brody are among the Hollywood celebrities whose homes have been destroyed by the wildfires raging across Los Angeles.

More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate the city’s most desirable neighbourhoods, including Maria Shriver, a journalist and the former first lady of California, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the actress.

The largest blaze consumed nearly 12,000 acres (4,856 hectares) in Pacific Palisades, a picturesque neighbourhood between the beach towns of Santa Monica and Malibu that is home to many film, television and music stars.

Brody, best known for his roles in TV series The OC and Nobody Wants This, and his wife Leighton Meester, who starred in Gossip Girl, bought their Pacific Palisades home in 2019 for $6.5 million (£5.3 million), according to real estate and entertainment websites.

Crystal, who played Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally, and his wife, Janice, said they were “heartbroken” to have lost the home they’ve shared since 1979.

“We are heartbroken, of course, but with the love of children and friends we will get through this,” they said.