The Pacific Palisades home owned by the Welsh actor has burned to the ground, photos obtained by PEOPLE show
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(818x403:820x405):format(webp)/Anthony-Hopkins-tout-1825-aa01b9ead56a47668212dee3ea7890b1.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins is among the many Los Angeles area residents who lost their homes to the fires raging across the city on Wednesday.
The Pacific Palisades home of the Welsh actor, who turned 87 on Dec. 31, has burned to the ground, as seen in photos obtained by PEOPLE. The scene shows just a few concrete pillars, scorched wood and a stone pathway at the property, where smoke still rose from the rubble.
A representative for Hopkins did not immediately reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
More than 130,000 people have fled their homes as a series of wildfires rapidly continues to engulf large parts of the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the death toll is currently unknown as this is a “a fluid and evolving crisis.”
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)/anthony-hopkins-home-los-angeles-fire-2-010925--20662d13cd0948f4bc1bfa2a4143170a.jpg)
The first fire, which impacted Hopkins, began in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday and had burned over 11,800 acres of land and was 0% contained as of Wednesday evening, per the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The agency is investigating the cause of the fire. Residents in the foothills of that neighborhood were given evacuation orders on Tuesday morning.
The Eaton Fire (also called the Close Fire) and Hurst Fire followed that evening, while the Woodley Fire began early Wednesday. A fifth blaze, the Tyler Fire, sparked west of L.A. near Coachella, and a sixth erupted in the Hollywood Hills Wednesday night.
Among the celebrities who’ve shared how they’ve been affected by the fires are Mandy Moore, Mark Hamill, Kate Beckinsale, Diane Warren, Cary Elwes and Maria Shriver.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)/los-angeles-fires-010925-tout-c07df9c03cde4eec92766ffe28654c01.jpg)
Hopkins splits his time between the U.S. and his native U.K. In an Instagram post on Dec. 8, the two-time Oscar winner spent the holidays in “jolly old England.” He captioned the video, “Home sweet home for the holidays.”
In 2011, Hopkins told PEOPLE about how living near the beaches of Malibu inspires another passion of his: painting.
“I come from a country where everything is gray,” the Silence of the Lambs star said at the time. “I came out here in 1973 and loved the color. I thought I was in paradise. Still do.”
Click here to learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires.