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Desperate times for one man fighting like hell to save his home from the Eaton Fire ... he has no water and is going to try to put out a nearby blaze with bottled water ... unless a hero comes to the rescue.

The sad situation is playing out right now for a resident named Chris, who says he's been begging the fire department to come stop the flames that are right next door to his place.

Chris ran a few blocks to catch up with FOX 11 to make his plea ... he says his house is not yet burned but his neighbor's place is going up in flames -- and if he can't put out that blaze his residence is toast.

4:00 PM PT -- Whitney Cummings says she's most worried about losing her podcast studio to the devastating fires ... sharing video of the moment she decided to pack up and leave her home.

9:19 AM PT -- Whitney Cummings confirms she has reluctantly evacuated due to the speed of the fire ... saying she wanted to stay as long as possible to avoid adding to the clogged traffic, but she couldn't wait any longer. "This changes everything forever."

The apocalyptic wildfires in Los Angeles are putting horses in danger ... and Whitney Cummings is sharing tips for how to get the animals to safety.

Lots of folks keep horses in the areas going up in flames and dramatic new footage shows people going into the teeth of the Eaton Fire in Altadena to rescue their steeds ... leading them away from the blaze.

Whitney's trying her best to help ... sharing resources for equine evacuations and telling folks to tag her on social media if they need help finding a place to house their horses.

"All My Children" star Cameron Mathison has shared harrowing visuals of where his Altadena home once stood -- and now he’s revealing the full story of losing it in the raging Eaton Fire.

Cameron stopped by "TMZ Live" Wednesday amid all the devastation -- and his shock was clear, as he recalled seeing what started as a small glow in Eaton Canyon above L.A. Tuesday evening, only to return the next day to find his home reduced to nothing.

Cameron told us everything -- how he grabbed a few things to evacuate last night, and hit up his estranged wife’s place, before rushing back to save some sentimental stuff.

As devastating wildfires continue to tear through neighborhoods across L.A., displaced residents are scrambling to find shelter -- but many are coming up empty-handed as the city's most well-known hotels are at full capacity ... TMZ has learned.

We've spoken to folks at several hotels across the city who tell us they've been fully booked since Tuesday afternoon, shortly after flames began ravaging the celeb-filled Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Among them, The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills has reached capacity. While a few cancelations had freed up rooms early on, those vacancies were immediately filled by evacuees seeking shelter. The hotel is offering a 10% discount to guests affected by the wildfires.

Adam Brody and Anna Faris are among the celebrities most affected by the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles ... because they both lost their homes to the inferno.

Adam and his wife, actress Leighton Meester, live in the Pacific Palisades, where the first fire started Tuesday morning ... and now their home is reduced to rubble and ash.

Video shows Adam and Leighton's house in flames, with black smoke billowing away from the damage.

"All My Children" star Cameron Mathison walked through the charred wreckage of the fire that destroyed his family home ... showing what's left of the property he once dreamed of passing on to his kids.

As you can see, piles of rubble were scattered everywhere, with flames still flickering in small pockets of the ruins, as the massive Eaton Fire in Pasadena lit up the background, just north of L.A.

It’s a bitter reality, but Cameron led with gratitude, letting fans on Instagram know he's safe Wednesday. He notes this was the home where he raised his kids, Lucas, 21, and Leila, 18 -- the place they had hoped to raise their own one day.

How's this for perspective ... a homeowner who saw all of his material possessions destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires says he can cope with seeing his house and his car collection go up in flames ... because he didn't lose his life.

The man's literally standing next to the smoldering remains of his burned-down home as gets emotional about being thankful to be alive ... even though he lost everything he owned in the Eaton Fire.

It's an incredible interview with KTLA and cuts to the toll the fires are taking on L.A. residents ... and their resiliency in the face of danger and destruction.

Spencer Pratt watched his Pacific Palisades home burn to the ground in a raging L.A. wildfire -- and he captured his gut-wrenching ordeal on camera.

In video footage, flames tear through the hills as he mutters "Yikes" a few times behind the camera -- a simple reaction, but it spoke volumes about the intensity of watching the home he shared with wife Heidi and their two young sons go up in smoke.

Spencer shared another clip, barely holding it together in his car, as the fire raged behind him. With a dazed look, he told his followers he was watching his home burn down right in front of him.

Mandy Moore was evacuated from her house with her family as wildfires continue to rage across the L.A. area -- she’s safe for now, but has no clue if her Pasadena home survived the flames.

The actress is still in the dark about her home’s fate -- but she expressed her thanks to friends for letting her crash with her 3 children, dogs, and cats.

Mandy’s emotions were understandably raw -- she also thanks first-responders, while feeling completely gutted by the destruction and loss unfolding around her. She included an #EatonFire hashtag in her post, referring to the brush fire that also forced evacuations of elderly residents of a senior center in Pasadena Tuesday night that was caught on video.

Firefighters and police swooped in Tuesday night, urgently rescuing elderly residents from a Pasadena senior center as flames from a raging Angeles National Forest fire crept dangerously close -- and the scenes are gut-wrenching.

You can see the dramatic evacuation of about 100 residents -- many in wheelchairs -- unfolding in a 7-Eleven parking lot across from The Terraces at Park Marino, with embers and ash swirling in the chaos of a nearby wildfire ... spurred by what meteorologists are calling one of L.A.’s worst windstorms in the last decade.

A police SWAT armored vehicle and a bus were brought in to whisk senior citizens away from the Eaton Fire -- the second major wildfire to hit L.A. County in the past 24 hours.

The Palisades Fire is sweeping through one of the most celeb-packed areas of L.A. and -- just like tens of thousands of other terrified residents -- several A-listers' homes are in the path of destruction.

Pacific Palisades is home to folks like Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Keaton, Travis Barker, Landon Barker, Alabama Barker and Miles Teller ... just to name a few.

While the fate of their houses remains uncertain, family members are as anxious as can be. Chet Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, took to Instagram to express his concerns ... "The neighborhood I grew up in is burning to the ground rn [right now]. Pray for the Palisades."

Terrifying footage of the raging fires in Los Angeles shows people stuck inside a home with their dog surrounded by the inferno.

Check out the video posted to X ... a man swings his camera from side to side showing the hell on earth flames whipping around outside the glass doors of the house.

You can hear him coughing and anxiously talking to his pooch and another man in the kitchen, reassuring them that they're going to be okay.

5:40 PM PT -- The grassy area around The Getty Villa Museum has gone up in flames.

3:46 PM PT -- The LA County Fire Department has resorted to bulldozing vehicles to get to the inferno and fight the flames.

Pacific Palisades, a celeb-filled neighborhood in Los Angeles, is burning -- a fast-moving wildfire has panicked residents trying to flee to safety, but all the roads are traffic-choked.

The wildfire first sparked around 10:30 AM Tuesday, with the flames spreading to more than 200 acres a little more than an hour later ... according to LAFD spokesperson Erik Scott.

Due to the growing wildfire, many in the area are being advised to either get out ASAP or, at least, prepare to evacuate. It's unclear if any homes have gone up in flames yet, but we got video of at least one scorched vehicle on one major road in the affluent 'hood.

Richard Cohen, Meredith Vieira's husband of 38 years, has died following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis.

The "Today" show, where Meredith served as co-anchor between 2006 and 2011, announced Richard's passing Tuesday morning ... confirming Richard -- a fellow newsman -- had died on Christmas Eve while surrounded by his family.

"Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie said Meredith is "in really good spirits" ... with Hoda Kotb also revealing the family was happy to get an extra month with Richard when the family became very concerned about his health at Thanksgiving.

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, is being treated by medical experts as he recovers from a bout of pneumonia that landed him in the hospital ... TMZ has learned.

A rep for Turner tells TMZ ... the legendary media mogul has been recovering at a rehabilitation center in Florida following a recent hospitalization. The rep tells us he'd suffered a "mild case of pneumonia."

The rep says Ted "expects a full recovery."

Police are giving us a new look at the Cybertruck that exploded and burst into flames outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas last week.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have released new video that shows Army Special Forces soldier Matthew Livelsberger's Tesla Cybertruck bursting into flames outside the hotel on the Vegas strip on New Year's Day.

The new video shows another angle as explosives were detonated inside the vehicle causing the truck to explode and burst into flames while Livelsberger sat in the front seat. Officials say he put one of his guns in his mouth, with the shot coming out the left side of his head prior to the explosion.