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As Sean “Diddy” Combs remains incarcerated in Brooklyn, his California mansion stands across the country, near the path of the wildfire engulfing the Pacific Palisades.

Newsweek has contacted representatives for Combs by email for comment.

The Context

At the time of publication, Tuesday’s massive brush fire has reached over 700 acres in Los Angeles County. Residents of the affluent neighborhood are being told to evacuate immediately.

Combs is awaiting his May sex trafficking trial behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn and has been denied bail on three separate occasions.

What To Know

At the time of publication, Combs’ 17,000-square-foot LA home, located at 200 South Mapleton Drive, is not the path of the Palisades fire.

The Pacific Palisades fire bumped the area of Chastain Parkway East and Calle Brittany on Tuesday and was spotted across Palisades Drive on both sides of the road. These roads are slightly over an hour’s drive to Combs’ address, per Google Maps.

Meanwhile, other celebrities, including Steve Guttenberg, Adam Sandler, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Crystal, Dr. Dre, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Kate Hudson all have homes in the Pacific Palisades.

In March, the FBI raided both Combs’ LA and Miami mansions amid their investigation into his sex trafficking case. Helicopter footage showed Sean Combs’ sons, Justin, 31, and Christian “King” Combs, 26, in handcuffs near his LA home during a raid.

Guns and ammunition, narcotics, and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant related to alleged violent sex events called “Freak Offs” were found during the raids, an unsealed federal indictment later revealed.

What People Are Saying

Los Angeles Fire Department Public Information Officer Erik Scott, on X: “We want evacuees to head Southbound on Palisades Drive to Westbound Sunset Blvd. to Southbound Pacific Coast Highway.”

Actor James Woods, on X: “We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well. We are safe and out. There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely. Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD.”

A spokesperson for The Getty Villa Museum told Newsweek: “The Getty Villa is now closed to non-emergency staff. It is already closed to the public on Tuesdays. We are in ongoing contact with LAFD and closely monitoring the situation.”

What Happens Next

The LAFD will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. EST at Will Rogers State Beach.

The Peacock documentary Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy hits the streaming service on January 14.

Follow Newsweek’s Palisades fire live blog for the latest updates.

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