Man who won £1,670,000,000 on the lottery loses entire mansion in LA wildfires
A man who won $2.04billion (£1.67billion) on the lottery has had his home destroyed in the LA wildfires.
Edwin Castro, owns a £3million home in Malibu, California, and footage obtained by The US Sun shows his home burnt to the ground.
All that remains is a smouldering mess and what looks like the foundations and planks of wood.
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The fire ravaged his property, just months after he had increased security around the home.
Castro won the Powerball lottery in November and his Malibu property was the third one that he had bought.
He also owns another mansion in West Hollywood, valued at £20.7million and also owns a home in Altadena.
The set of wildfires are believed to be the worst in the history of LA – and have been ravaging communities in the Palisades and Eaton areas.
At least 10 people have now been killed and countless more injured in the deadly blazes that have sweeped across the City of Angels.
It is feared that the number of casualties is set to increase as time goes on.
This is because it has not been safe for firefighters to reach many of the hardest-hit areas.
Firefighters have been unable to contain the flames, leaving them to spread across thousands of acres.
Five fires are still burning, including a new fire, named the Kenneth fire, sparked north of the Palisades fire on Thursday afternoon, which quickly ballooned to 960 acres.
Authorities believe it may have been started by an arsonist, and a suspect has been apprehended by the LAPD.
The main blaze, the Palisades fire, currently stands at a mere 6% containment.
It is thought that the economic damage caused by the fires is estimated to have exceeded $150 billion.
An alert was mistakenly sent to people living in the city, telling them that the wildfires were about to sweep through.
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