The largest of the raging wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles this week has, till now, burnt 10,000 structures as neighbourhoods turn to ashes. Thousands of people are homeless; a public health emergency has been declared over smoke all around the area. Insurers are facing billions in claims as many notable rich people, including celebrities like Paris Hilton, have lost their houses to this massive fire.

The fire, the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles, has razed whole neighbourhoods to the ground, leaving just the smouldering ruins of what had been people’s homes and possessions. But surprisingly there are a few houses that remained safe this time when heavy winds were taking the fire to even hills to lands. One of the untouched mansions is of David Steiner, a retired waste-management mogul from Texas.

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David Steiner’s $9 million Malibu mansion miraculously spared being levelled by the raging Los Angeles wildfires. He told The New York Post on Friday he was stunned to learn that when the smoke cleared, it was still standing.

“It’s a miracle-miracles never cease,” said the 64-year-old trash tycoon.

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Steiner said he thought his stunning three-story California structure-which was vacant at the time-was a goner when a local contractor sent him video of flames and smoke engulfing his property and his neighbours’ Tuesday.

Six simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County neighbourhoods since Tuesday have killed at least 11 people and damaged or destroyed 10,000 structures. The toll is expected to mount when firefighters are able to conduct house-to-house searches.

Film and television stars are among hundreds of people who have lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires that have ravaged parts of the world’s showbiz capital. This covers the homes of celebrities including Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, and Anthony Hopkins. But some notable stars, like Tom Hanks, were fortunate enough, and their homes remained safe or only partially damaged. Despite the destruction of the house above it, Tom Hanks’ large white mansion on a cliff in the Pacific Palisades survived the fire. Sadly, some homes were lost to the fire despite the firefighters’ best efforts to save many.

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According to The New York Post, Tom Hanks, 68, lives in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, which has been decimated by the Palisades Fire that began burning on Tuesday morning.

In aerial photos taken on Wednesday and obtained by The Post, the “Cast Away” actor’s clifftop mansion appears unscathed. The home just above Hanks’ was not so lucky, though. Blackened and still smoking, the structure was hollowed out by flames.

That the star’s house has thus far survived the Palisades Fire is something of a miracle, given that whole streets were levelled by the blaze. On Tuesday, the “Philadelphia” actor and wife Rita Wilson’s son Chet, 34, shared his grief over the mass destruction. “The neighbourhood I grew up in is burning to the ground right now,” Chet wrote on his Instagram story.

Hanks had hardly any marks on his massive property, which looked fine. Even his broad green grass and roof were free of debris.The Oscar-winning Forrest Gump actor lives in the home with his wife, Rita Wilson. Hanks’ last film was Here with Robin Wright, whom he also worked with decades ago on Forrest Gump.