«My heart is broken today. I can not believe. Life can change in the blink of an eye. Therefore, hold dear everything you love.” Cara Delevingne talks about the dramatic fire that destroyed her home in Los Angeles in her Instagram stories.
The seven million dollar mansion was destroyed on Friday. Thanks to the intervention of the firefighters, the two cats of the model and actress who was in London at the time of the fire were saved. On Instagram you shared a video of the scene of the firefighters' intervention. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the firefighters and people who showed up to help,” the British star added.
According to what the Los Angeles Times the mansion near Fryman Canyon Park burned for nearly three hours. The fire was reported just before 4am and was turned off around 6.15am. The causes are under investigation. One firefighter was transported to the hospital in fair condition and an occupant of the home suffered minor smoke inhalation.
Cara Delevingne is in London for work, she is on stage with the show Cabaret, and was not at home at the time of the fire. Mother Pandora spoke to a photographer in a video posted by TMZ. “I think she's devastated,” she said. «He had his whole life in this house». According to the model's father, there could be an electrical problem at the origin of the fire, perhaps something that fell on a strong windy day.
The fire department report reports a call shortly before four in the morning and says that the fire started from the back, destroying a room and causing the roof to collapse. It wouldn't be arson.
The model and actress had purchased the villa in 2019 for 7 million dollars and then renovated it, giving a personal touch to the white brick residence, in a vague English country style, built in 1941 for the Von der Ahe family, founders of the Vons supermarket chain. It is said that Pope Wojtyla was also a guest here during his visit to Los Angeles in 1987 given the proximity to the Von der Ahe church.
The villa, 750 square meters, has four bedrooms. Cara Delevingne added a lot of her taste between nature and entertainment. She herself said that it's «like an indoor and outdoor Alice in Wonderland playground». Architectural Digest instead he described the house “as Saint-Tropez meets Coney Island meets a cottage in the Cotswolds meets Monte Carlo meets a leather bar.”
Source: Vanity Fair
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