LA wildfires send celebs including Star Wars legend fleeing with 30k evacuated & flames fanned by 100mph hurricane gales

WILDFIRES ripping through Los Angeles have sent celebrities like a Star Wars legend fleeing as the city is hit by a "worst possible scenario".

A state of emergency has been issued with at least 30,000 locals ordered to leave their homes with multi-million dollar mansions being gutted.

Four named fires have erupted in LA - with the largest in the western neighborhood of Pacific Palisades starting on Tuesday.

Apocalyptic scenes have seen the Palisades Fire gut homes and sent locals running for their lives with only their most prized possessions.

That fire is currently "zero per cent" contained, according to the LA County Fire Department.

Celebrities like Mark Hamill, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, and Travis Barker's kids Alabama and Landon have all evacuated their homes.

The area is also home to dozens of A-listers like Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

It comes as...

• Four wildfires have erupted in LA sending tens of thousands fleeing
• State of emergency issued and all firefighters called to help
• Celebrities have been forced to flee homes as one inferno rips through affluent neighborhood
• Clip taken from a plane shows the huge scale of blaze
• Fires made worse by dry conditions and 100mph gusts
• Reality TV stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag lose home to fire
• Horror video shows huge flames just feet from house as two men and dog inside

The Palisades Fire has now spread some 3,000 acres backed by 100mph gusts and reached the neighboring celeb haunts of Malibu and Santa Monica.

Malibu has issued a prepare to evacuate order for all its residents as the inferno moves down the hills towards the iconic beachside community.

Some 1,400 firefighters and dozens of engines are fighting the fires with a plea going out to off-duty firefighters to help.

And weather forecasters think the "worst is yet to come" as a dry windstorm is expected to last for days.

A second blaze has now started in the city's northern Altadena neighborhood, while a third has started in Pasadena, and a fourth in Sylmar.

Firefighters are desperately trying get the fires under control but are unable to use air support as hurricane-strength winds are too strong.

Homes inside gated communities have caught fire while trees and shrubs at the The Getty Villa Museum are also ablaze.

Some 200,000 people have also lost power, while schools have been closed as thick black smoke is sent into the air, and evacuation shelters have been opened.

Mayor Karen Bass has issued a state of emergency while Governor Gavin Newsom has visited the Palisades Fire.