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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his rumoured partner, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, have two sons-ages five and nine-according to the Dossier Centre, a report in Forbes claimed. The outlet has attributed the info to a Russian investigative organisation that cited unnamed sources who claimed to regularly see the children.

The portal claims that the couple’s children are growing up in a highly secured residence in complete privacy. The boys live a solitary existence away from the spotlight and seldom see their parents.

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Mr Putin, 71, has declared in public that he is the father of two daughters, Maria, 39, and Katerina, 38, with his former spouse Lyudmila Putin, whom he wed in 1983.

The Dossier Centre claims Ms Kabaeva and Mr Putin started dating in 2008, which was six years prior to the official end of his divorce from Lyudmila. According to the report, Ms Kabaeva, 41, gave birth to Ivan in a maternity centre in Lugano, Switzerland, and to Vladimir Jr in Moscow.

Both Ivan and Vladimir Jr live in Mr Putin’s mansion northwest of Moscow, though they have no interaction with other children their age, the Dossier Centre report claimed, and they receive music lessons and have personal trainers for swimming and artistic gymnastics.

Ivan has reportedly competed in artistic gymnastics competitions and often plays in hockey matches with his father.

Last year, a report about Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly spending millions on his girlfriend to buy big properties for her and their young children came out. The Telegraph claimed that the leader allegedly funnelled millions in illicit funds to buy a big mansion and a large penthouse for his girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva.