>> ROY'S THE STUDIO CITY MANSION BELONGING TO ACTRESS AND MODEL CARA DE LEVINE GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS THE KTLA 5 NEWS AT 4 I'M SAMANTHA AND HI THERE I'M COURTNEY FRIEL THE EARLY MORNING FIRE REDUCE THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HILLSIDE HOME TO ASHES. >> 2 PEOPLE WERE INCLUDED INJURED IN THE BLAZE, INCLUDING A FIREFIGHTER TONIGHT, NEW REACTION FROM KAREN WHO WAS NOT HOME WHEN THAT FIRE ERUPTED. KTLA SANDRA MITCHELL JOINS US LIVE FROM STUDIO CITY WITH MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. HI SANDRA. >> HIJA DE LEVINE EXPRESSING HER GRATITUDE TO THOSE LA CITY FIRE FIGHTERS INCLUDING THE ONE WHO WAS INJURED TUMBLING OFF A LADDER THAT PERSON NOW IN STABLE CONDITION, THE 8 MILLION DOLLAR HOME IS ON THE HILL JUST BEHIND US AND AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IT REALLY DOES HAVE DEVASTATING DAMAGE. MASSIVE FLAMES IN THE HILLS OF STUDIO CITY AND 8,000 SQUARE-FOOT CELEBRITY HOME LIKELY DESTROYED I MEAN THAT WAS THE CRAZIEST THINGS SORT OF LIKE. >> OH GOD, THIS IS CLOSE IT OFF WE CAN ACTUALLY SMELL JUST BEFORE 4 THIS MORNING NEIGHBORS WERE WORRIED THE FIRE AT THE MANSION OF MODEL ACTRESS CARA DE LEVINE ON OAKDALE LANE NEAR LAUREL COUNTY BOULEVARD. >> WENY'S E ON FIRE WOULD SPREAD TO OTHER HOMES, I'M GOING TO TALK TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME HERE TO LEVINE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT POSTED A PICTURE OF HER CATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE MESSAGE. MY HEART IS BROKEN TODAY. BUT THEN A FEW HOURS LATER KTLA WAS THERE IS OR CATS WERE CARRIED SAFELY FROM THE STILL SMOKING HOUSE LEVINE POSTED. THEY ARE ALIVE SKY 5 OVERHEAD REVEALING THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN ROOF COLLAPSE. IT TOOK ALMOST 100 LA CITY FIRE FIGHTERS TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WERE. >> VERY LARGE DRIVEWAY AND GETTING ALL OF OUR HOSE LINES UP THERE. >> NEIGHBORS TELL US IT APPEARS THE FIRE STARTED NEAR A BACK PATIO BUT SPREAD QUICKLY TO THE MAIN HOUSE. >> AT FIRST IT SEEMED LIKE A SMALLISH FIRE. BUT VERY VERY QUICKLY MAYBE 1520 MINUTES, IT WAS FLAMES PROBABLY. 20 FEET HIGH 30 FEET HIGH IT WAS MASSIVE. >> FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED THE CAUSE ALL WE KNOW IS IT STARTED TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE HOME BUT WE HAVE OUR ARSON INVESTIGATORS ON SCENE AND SO THEY'RE GOING MAKE BACK CAUSE DETERMINATION. >> AND JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WALKED BY STOPPED TO CHAT WITH ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE HOME WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BY THE OWNER OF THE VAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN SAID THE POPE HAD ACTUALLY VISITED THE PROPERTY YEARS BACK. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IN THAT STORY THAT ARSON INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE THAT IS STANDARD PROCEDURE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT THIS FIRE IS SUSPICIOUS. WE'RE LIVE IN STUDIO CENTER
