British movie star Kate Winslet and her children escaped a huge overnight fire that has destroyed the Great House on Richard Branson’s private island.
The Titanic star had been holidaying on Necker Island with her son, daughter and boyfriend, model Louis Dowler, when the freak accident took place.
Richard Branson released a statement this morning saying, "We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90 miles per hour. A big lightning storm came around 4 a.m. and hit the house. My son Sam rushed to the house and helped get everyone out. We want to rebuild the house as soon as we can.We have a wonderful staff here and we want them to stay in work. We'll all stay here for the time being. There's a lot of damage and we won't be able to stick it back together again right away. It was a beautiful house."
Luckily, none of the twenty house guests were hurt in the fire.