Harry and Meghan’s Montecito neighbourhood faces evacuation after wildfires sweep LA
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s $14.65 million mansion in Montecito is located in a neighbourhood facing evacuation orders as wildfires tear across the Los Angeles area.
Parts of Santa Barbara county are expected to have their electricity cut off due to the raging fires and the home of the Royal Family couple is thought to be one of those affected.
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This would mean that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
They are among the celebrities whose multi-million-dollar properties are under threat by the ‘apocalyptic’ fires battering California.
A spokesperson for Southern California Edison (SCE) – one of the major power providers in the area – said it was ‘considering a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in parts of Santa Barbara County due to a Red Flag Warning and increased risk of wildfires.’
He confirmed ‘affected customers’ were being contacted in a number of communities, ‘including Montecito’.
The Sussex address is ‘is in a High Fire Risk Area,’ and ‘power may be shut off during a PSPS to prevent wildfires,’ the spokesperson added.
It cames as 30,000 people were told to evacuate their homes in nearby LA as wildfires raged across the wealthy neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades.
Thousands of acres were burnt in the hills around the Palisades which – like Montecito – is an affluent coastal community with some of the most expensive properties in the country.
Utility companies shut off power to more than 8,000 homes to prevent live electrical wires from increasing the fire risk.
Metro has contacted the Duke and Duchess for a comment.
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