Celebrities pray for help over wildfires

The Thomas Fire burns near power lines in Sycamore Canyon off West Mountain Drive in Montecito, California Photo: Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP

Ellie Cullen

Hollywood celebrities have told of their fears as a raging wildfire spread towards their homes and triggered a new wave of evacuations in a wealthy California community.

The devastating fire has been burning across parts of the state for more than two weeks, but this weekend it began pushing towards the celebrity enclave of Montecito.