Ben Affleck seemed to be in good spirits just hours after being evacuated from his $20 million Pacific Palisades bachelor pad due to the California wildfires, Daily Mail reports.
According to the report by Daily Mail, sources confirmed that he actor had rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home on Tuesday to pick up their three kids and they’re all safe now.
Now, looking more at ease, Ben Affleck was spotted with a big grin while appearing to check on his neighbors in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood.
Wearing a hooded sweatshirt and sporting his signature beard, he was seen hugging an acquaintance before hopping back into his luxury SUV.
Ben Affleck has been living in the bachelor pad since his split from Jennifer Lopez, leaving the $68 million home they once shared.
He’s one of several celebrities whose homes in the area have been affected by the devastating fires.
On Tuesday the premiere for his film Unstoppable, which stars Lopez, was canceled.
Ben Affleck was pictured looking downcast as he drove up to his home to find it engulfed in flames yesterday.
Garner has been residing in a $53,271-a-month home just blocks away from her ex-husband whilst renovations were completed on her $8 million Brentwood farmhouse, Architectural Digest reports.
Ben’s westside neighborhood of Pacific Palisades is home to a bevy of stars, including Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Miles Teller, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler and Jhene Aiko, among others.
Actor James Woods shared footage of the blaze to Instagram on Tuesday as he announced that he was evacuating.
The wildfire has already engulfed more than 1,200 acres in the area, which is sparsely populated with massive celebrity estates surrounded by vegetation-covered hills, which has left plenty of fuel for the fire, unlike denser neighborhoods further inland.
The Armageddon star has only been living in the neighborhood for a short time after he bought a home in the area for $20.5 million following his separation from Jennifer Lopez.
Although it’s far from the opulent retreat that he and his ex had lived in together in Beverly Hills, it’s far from tiny with 6,247 square feet and five bedrooms and six bathrooms.
Prior to that he had been living in the massive, 38,000 square foot Georgian mansion that he and Lopez purchased for $60 million.
It boasts 12 bedrooms and 24 bathroom and features numerous amenities, including a 12-car garage and an elevator, but so far the couple haven’t found a buyer after putting it on the market for $68 million.
After separating from Jennifer — but prior to her going public with her divorce filing — Ben had been seen living in a Brentwood rental, which isn’t too far from his current home and kept him in the same neighborhood that his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and his children live in.
Stars across Hollywood reacted with shock and concern on social media as the fires spread thanks to winds sweeping through Los Angeles that at times exceeded 100mph.
‘Please send prayers and strength tonight to everyone in Los Angeles affected by these devastating fires. Los Angeles is in a state of emergency and over 30,000 have been ordered to evacuate,’ Chris Pratt captioned a photo of a firefighter battling the blaze on social media.
The Hills star Spencer Pratt was one of the unlucky people whose home was engulfed in the rapidly advancing wildfire.
He was seen watching the fire approach his Pacific Palisades home from a nearby hill and shot a video of an airplane dropping water on a nearby hill earlier in the day, but he and his wife Heidi Montag were forced to evacuate with their two young boys later before their house was burned to the ground.
The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Getty Villa, a museum designed in the image of an ancient Roman villa, was threatened by the wildfire.
Some of the vegetation on the museum estate had been burned, but the buildings on the campus were reportedly still safe, and the artwork and sculptures had been sealed to prevent smoke damage.
Katherine E. Fleming, the president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, boasted in a statement that the Getty Villa had made ‘extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation efforts throughout the year.’
‘Some trees and vegetation on site have burned, but staff and the collection remain safe,’ she said.
The dry and extremely windy condition have allowed a second fire to start in Altadena further east, which led residents in nearby Pasadena to evacuate.
As Westside residents rushed in a panic to escape at the last minute, numerous people got stuck in enormous traffic jams, including Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy.
Many drivers ultimately abandoned their cars in the streets and proceeded on foot, and fire crews were forced to bulldoze rows of cars in order to get into the affected areas.