The Los Angeles home of model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed in a fire Friday.
One firefighter was taken to a hospital in fair condition with unspecified injuries, and one unidentified person from the house suffered minor smoke inhalation, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange said.
shared several Instagram stories referring to the fire after TMZ reported that the house in the Studio City neighborhood that was engulfed in flames before dawn belonged to her. Delevingne is currently appearing in a production of 鈥淐abaret鈥� on London鈥檚 West End and was apparently not at home.
Firefighters arrived at the two-story house to find heavy fire in the rear, which destroyed a room and spread to the attic, Prange said. Once fire crews made certain everyone was out of the house, they took a defensive position and the roof collapsed. It took them more than two hours to put out the flames.
Hours later, Delevingne, shared a video that showed a with lights flashing.
鈥淭hank you from the bottom of my heart to all the firefighters and people that have showed up to help,鈥� another read.
A third Instagram story showed a photo of two cats with the caption, 鈥� I cannot believe it life can change in the blink of an eye cherish what you have.鈥� She later clarified with another post that her cats were not hurt in the fire.
The home also matches one that was featured in a 2021 profile in . The white brick house with two pools and two trampolines in the backyard was built in 1941 for the Von der Ahe family, founders of the Vons grocery chain.
Delevingne and her designer added playful elements, including a costume room for dress-up parties, a bathroom that鈥檚 a memorial to David Bowie, poker and billiard rooms, and a ball pit.
鈥淚f I鈥檓 having a bad day, I just hop in the ball pit,鈥� Delevingne told the magazine. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 really cry in a ball pit.鈥�
Delevingne鈥檚 representatives did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
The cause was under investigation.
The 31-year-old London-born Delevingne became widely known as a fashion model in the early 2010s and later began acting, appearing in the 2016 DC Comics film 鈥淪uicide Squad鈥� and director Luc Besson鈥檚 2017 鈥淰alerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.鈥�
She also appeared in the Hulu series with , and in 2022, and on FX鈥檚 鈥淎merican Horror Story鈥� in 2023.
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Associated Press Writer John Antczak and AP photographer Jae Hong contributed.
Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press
