Beauty star Chloe Morello’s childhood home has been miraculously saved by heroic neighbours who battled to salvage the Batemans Bay house.
The LA-based YouTuber thought her family home was lost to bushfires after watching blazes rip through the New South Wales coastal town where she grew up.
But thanks to the actions of heroic residents, she later discovered her home had been saved.
Chloe Morello (pictured) feared her home at been ‘lost’ in the New South Wales bushfires on Tuesday, but later discovered heroic neighbours had saved the property
‘My mum just told me by text that apparently our neighbours saved our house!’ she wrote on her Instagram story.
‘I feel like I can’t be happy about this because everyone is still battling and people are in danger.’
‘Last we heard the entire street was on fire… this is bittersweet as I know homes on our street were definitely engulfed… because we evacuated we assumed ours too. Oh my god what a day,’ she tweeted.
The YouTube star also said that her neighbour’s house had been destroyed in the fires and her own wasn’t ‘out of danger yet’.
Earlier on Tuesday, Ms Morello told her 153,000 Twitter followers that she believed her home had been completely ravaged by the fires.
‘Fire is on our street, I think we will say goodbye to our childhood home. Hoping for everyone’s safety this is very emotional,’ she tweeted.
Ms Morello shared pictures from Araluen Motor Lodge, her family’s business (pictured)
The view from the family’s motel shows plumes of smoke infiltrate the sky (left)
Morello revealed that her mother texted her to confirm her house had survived the fires but said her neighbour’s home was tragically lost
Ms Morello said her mother and sister went to the Surf Beach home to try and save sentimental items like photo albums, while her father was returning from Victoria.
‘My mum and sister may not even be safe here now,’ the beauty blogger said on Instagram.
‘People are fleeing into the water. Our home is most definitely gone.’
Ms Morello asked Twitter how to stay protected from smoke, amid fears her family could become trapped.
‘My family might have to run to the beach but it’s so smoky,’ she wrote.
‘They are at the family business right now but fire is getting closer, I’m petrified for them.’
The LA-based YouTuber said her family lost their Batemans Bay home, about four hours south of Sydney, after blazes ravaged the coast on Tuesday
Ms Morello asked Twitter how to stay protected from smoke, amid fears her family could become trapped
Ms Morello’s sister Ellie said she was preparing to run to the beach (pictured: family’s motor lodge in Batemans Bay)
Her sister Ellie said she was preparing to run to the beach with ‘wet towels around our faces’ as ‘nowhere is safe’.
Speaking on her Instagram page on Tuesday, she said her mother and sister were helping vulnerable residents find shelter in a nearby motel to escape from the suffocating smoke.
Ms Morello had earlier shared pictures from Araluen Motor Lodge, her family’s business.
‘View from our motel as the fires burn my hometown. So much of Batemans Bay on fire, if you’re in the area evacuate to a safe zone,’ she wrote.
‘There is a safe area across from our motel at Corrigans beach park (by bells carnival). Our home in Surf Beach is burned but my family and pet bird are safe.’
Ms Morello also retweeted a picture of the main street of Cobargo, north of Bega, burnt to the ground.
‘Historic Cobargo gone. This is absolutely devastating,’ she wrote.
Ms Morello said she was grateful she had been able to celebrate an ‘amazing’ Christmas in Batemans Bay.
She has since urged people to donate to the RFS.
Ms Morello tuned into the radio as bushfires ravaged the New South Wales South Coast on Tuesday
The beauty influencer grew up in New South Wales before moving to LA
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service said there were multiple fires burning between Cooma, Bega and Batemans Bay and ‘a number of these pose a serious threat to life’.
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said three people on the South Coast are unaccounted for.
‘We are getting preliminary reports that we have three people unaccounted for, and potential fatalities as a result of the fire in the South Coast,’ he said.
‘Police are not yet on the scene at either of those locations. It is unsafe at this point. We are working to get investigators and police to both of those locations to confirm what has been reported.’
Almost 100 blazes continued to burn across NSW on Tuesday, with dozens uncontained and eight at ’emergency’ level.
Extreme fire danger is forecast for the Southern Ranges, Illawarra and ACT on New Year’s Eve while surrounding regions – including Sydney, the Hunter and the far south coast – were classified as being in severe fire danger.
Ms Morello said she was grateful she was able to celebrate an ‘amazing’ Christmas in her childhood home as she believed it had been destroyed by fires