Topics: Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Celebrity, US News, Environment, Weather
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have divided opinion after fleeing the wildfires sweeping across Los Angeles with their entire family.
The husband and wife, who tied the knot back in 2013, made the decision to leave their Beverly Hills mansion as the LA wildfires continue to wreak destruction alongside all four children; Luna, eight, Miles, six, Esti, and Wren, both one.
Along with their belongings, four dogs and a bearded dragon, Chrissy revealed to fans they were heading someplace safe to avoid the fire which has now tragically claimed the lives of 10 people.
Taking to her Instagram story on Wednesday (8 January), the former model shared a mirror selfie packing up her closet writing: "This is surreal.
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"I’m very scared now. Packing."
She then shared a photo of her 'All of Me' singer hubby building lego, joking that she told him not to start it during such a busy time.
Chrissy went on to share videos of her family holing up in a hotel, smiling on a bed as her dogs climbed up onto her.
"4 kids, 4 dogs and a bearded dragon walk into a hotel," she captioned the clip.
Another clip saw John laying on the bed beside Chrissy while their dogs cosied up in between them while he said 'hi everyone'.
"Don’t worry, Sebastian made it," the mum-of-four assured, referencing their pet bearded dragon. "We would never forget Sebastian, how dare you guys? He is with us."
Chrissy added some more clips of the reptile laying under her cardigan, writing: "Gotta keep him warm."
Earlier in the day, Chrissy said she had 'no words' as the wildfires continued across California.
"I haven't had the word, it is a hellscape," she wrote on her story. "We are OK as of right now, and I felt weird saying that with so many people we know and don’t know who are not OK."
"Thank you for reaching out," she added. "Looking for any and all ways to help our community right now, please send anything you see. And god bless the firefighters and all first responders."
Some found Chrissy's posts 'weird' with one Instagram user writing: "Lots of pictures documenting it. Weird."
"She had time to take a selfie before evacuating?" hit out a second, while another added: "Nice they can afford it. What about regular people?"
Other, however, were just grateful to see the dogs and bearded dragon in the clips, with one writing: "I'm glad they took their pets with them. A lot of families left their pets behind."
ABC News has spoken to LAPD official, Lyndsey Lantz, about how the firefighters are faring on the front lines of the destruction.
"We're doing okay," Lantz explained. "Everyone's tired, you know, these first few days, especially, getting everything organised, getting assignments out, figuring out where the fire is, where it's going, how the weather is changing, how the fire is creating new weather.
"These are, these are the most important and most difficult hours so it's one step at a time, it's one hour at a time, and we're all just working together as best we can."
Responding to the fire being dubbed 'apocalyptic', Lantz continued: "The fire is reaching parts of the city that are seemingly unconnected to this area, the Palisades.
"On any other given day here in Southern California, downtown is just brown. The air is dirty and sooty, and your eyes burn wherever you are."
Lantz went on to declare: "Apocalyptic is not an exaggeration. We're all connected - these winds are touching everyone today, and I know that the evacuations and the homes lost are touching everyone.
"If you live in the city of LA and don't know someone that has lost their home, it's a bit of a miracle right now."
