Thousands of australians have been evacuated after a catastrophic forest fire has hit eastern Australia.
Authorities in New South Wales has declared a state of emergency and stated that ‘it is too late, to leave his home’ after three people are dead and at least 150 homes are destroyed by the flames.
photo Gallery 1 of 5 A nødhjælpsfly with ildhæmmende liquid. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Peter Parks 2 of 5 In the area around Taree, about 350 kilometres from Sydney, who declared a state of emergency. Photo: Peter Parks 3 of 5 A local man observer skovbranden close to the town of Nana Glen, where Russell Crowe lives. Photo: William West 4 of 5 A car has been hit by the ildhæmmende liquid. Photo: Saeed Khan 5 of 5 Skovbranden be fought by residents. Photo: Peter Parks
One of the destroyed homes belongs to the New Zealand stjerneskuespiller Russel Crowe, who resides on a 400-acre-large country house in the small town of Nana Glen 600 kilomter from Sydney.
Fortunately, neither is Gladiator-the actor or his family come to, he says on Twitter.
‘I’m not in Australia. My family is in safety with friends. Fire hit my place late in the day yesterday. My heart goes out to everyone in the valley,’ he writes.
Russel Crowe is not in Australia, while the fire raging. Photo: Charles Sykes.
I’m not in Australia.
My family are safe, billeted with friends.Fire hit my place late in the day yesterday.
My heart goes out to everyone in the valley. pic.twitter.com/EsLKtDQM51
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) November 12, 2019
Hundreds of fans have previously tried to get in touch with the actor to warn him about the situation.
In another lookup rows the actor, however, hand out and have a country singer Troy Casser-Daley to download brandvæsnets app, after the singer revealed that his mother had been evacuated.
‘Get hold of the app, my friend. It is very useful’, he wrote.
One upset neighbor to Russel Crowe tells the australian media Seven News, that all the fire engines drove past her burning house.
– I am angry, because our house is burning, and all the fire engines run to Russell Crowe’s house. What about normal people?, it sounded tårefuldt from the neighbor Debbie Waldon.
Brandmyndighederne however, affejet allegations that the Gladiator star got special treatment.
Firefighters are not aware of if the home they are sent to, said a spokesman for Daily Mail Australia.
In Sydney, which is home to five million people, calls on the health authorities, people with respiratory problems to stay indoors because the city has been covered by a ‘dangerous’ smoke-filled fog.
