Julianne Hough Evacuates Her Hollywood Hills Home as Fire Breaks Out

Julianne Hough has evacuated her home in the Hollywood Hills after a fire broke out in the area.

The Dancing with the Stars host took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8, to share videos of her experience.

“OK, so, there is a fire right by my house,” Hough said in a clip recorded at her home. “We’re with friends, but anybody that’s in the Hollywood Hills, I’ve just been having this intuitive feeling that we’re in a bowl of how everything is surrounding Hollywood, and now this is at the center of Hollywood. Everybody needs to just evacuate. Go, go, go, go, go. Right now.”

After sharing that message, Hough updated her followers with a second video taken in a car. She was with her dog, Sunny.

“Sunny and I are safe and we’re driving, but the reason why I say ‘evacuate now’ even if it’s not close to you, if you have somewhere to go, because: There’s traffic. And you’re gonna be stuck in traffic. And that is not good. So everybody, just please be safe and send prayers to all of the first responders and firefighters and just come together — you know, like, all you can do is be there for each other.”

Meanwhile, major fires continue to blaze a devastating course through Los Angeles, affecting many stars and their homes. 

An extreme wind storm, caused by Santa Ana gusts, sparked fast-burning brush fires at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, with drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety.

On Wednesday night, a new wildfire, called the Sunset Fire, flared up in the Hollywood Hills, the famed neighborhood in central L.A. where the Hollywood Sign is located, according to The New York Times. The city issued an evacuation order for the area’s residents, many of whom work in the entertainment industry.

Since the catastrophe began, celebrities including Paris Hilton, Anna Faris and Billy Crystal have lost their homes to the fires.  

Hilton, 43, shared that she was “heartbroken beyond words” over her losing her home.

“Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to experience,” she wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “This home was where we built so many precious memories.”