Up In Smoke: 10 Celebrities Who Lost Their Homes In Tragic Fires

In March 2015 Sons of Anarchy actress Drea de Matteo lost her New York City home when she became one of the victims of a gas explosion that destroyed several apartments. The devastated star – who had lived there for 22 years – put a snap of the wreckage on her Instagram page, writing, “NYC’s finest trying to put out the flames to mine n many others sic apartments. Speechless…” Unfortunately de Matteo isn’t the only celebrity to have lost their home in a fire.

In February 2015, b called 911 to report that his Malibu home was on fire. The blaze – which ravaged the garage – reportedly caused more than $1 million worth of damages. In her call to 911 Brosnan’s wife Keely Shaye Smith can be heard saying, “I’ve got to go because I don’t wanna get blown up.”

In 2010, talk show host Ricki Lake’s $20,000-a-month Malibu rental burned down.

A Malibu wildfire took Suzanne Somers’ home in January 2007. At the time the actress released a statement saying, “My nature is to look at the glass half-full… I haven’t lost a loved one. We will rebuild, and I truly believe we will learn something great from this experience.”

“Yes, it is unfortunately true that her home in Hawaii burned down this morning.” That’s how Evangeline Lilly’s rep confirmed that the home the actress rented while filming Lost was destroyed in a blaze. The rep added, “Thankfully, Evangeline is safe as she was on set already when it occurred.”

Sean Penn is philosophical about the fire that ripped through his $4 million Malibu home in November 1993. The star – who was then married to actress Robin Wright – said later, “Everything in my life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating… It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things.”