Melanie Griffith asked for prayers after her mother was evacuated from a wildlife sanctuary because of raging wildfires in Los Angeles.

The actress wrote on Twitter: ‘Please say a prayer for all residents in the path of the SandFire. My Moms place Shambala is being evacuated.’

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Added that her mother Tippi Hedren had been evacuated from Shambala, a wildlife sanctuary
It is home to 40 big cats – including lions, tigers, cougars, black and spotted leopards
On Sunday evening Griffith, 58, confirmed that her mother and her beloved cats had been saved
Sable Ranch – a filming set used in the A-Team, 24 and Maverick and the site for the Wipeout set was destroyed
Fast moving Sand Fire stoked by heat and wind started Friday afternoon in Santa Clarita and continued to burn
Blaze had destroyed 22,000 acres of land by Sunday morning having swelled from 11,000 acres at noon Saturday
So far 18 homes have been confirmed as destroyed by the blaze and flames threaten a further 1,500 properties
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling the blaze by air and ground which is at 20 percent containment
Authorities say the body of a man was found at the scene of the fire outside a home in Santa Clarita