Firefighters battle blaze as Pierce Brosnan's Malibu mansion goes up in flames
Pierce Brosnan’s Malibu mansion caught fire on Wednesday night.
Los Angeles County firefighters were called out to put out the fire at 9:48pm local time according to New York Daily News.
Around 50 firefighters tackled the blaze which is believed to have lasted for 35 minutes.
No injuries have been reported and although the cause of the fire remains unknown it is believed that the fire ripped through the Hollywood star's garage.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Heavy smoke & fire last night from the garage of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PierceBrosnan" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-99371-https://twitter.com/PierceBrosnan" data-vars-event-id="c23">@PierceBrosnan</a>'s Malibu home. No injuries. Damage to garage/bedroom. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/MeOYg3vsCx" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-99371-http://t.co/MeOYg3vsCx" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/MeOYg3vsCx</a>— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KHOLMESlive/status/565824586625716224" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-99371-https://twitter.com/KHOLMESlive/status/565824586625716224" data-vars-event-id="c23">February 12, 2015</a>
Reporters at the scene were quick to post pictures of the damage including NBC photojournalist Kenny Holmes who tweeted: “Heavy smoke & fire last night from the garage of @PierceBrosnan's Malibu home. No injuries. Damage to garage/bedroom.”
Brosnan - who is famous for his role as 007 agent James Bond - recently starred in a Super Bowl ad for Kia which showed him driving up to a cabin shortly before it bursts into flames.
