Tyra Banks broke down after discovering her home had burned down in California wildfires

Supermodel-turned-TV star Tyra Banks has admitted she broke down and cried after she realised her home in California had burned to the ground in the wildfires.

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Tyra Banks broke down in tears after discovering her home had burned to the ground in the California wildfires.

The supermodel-turned-TV star has revealed she was in Australia at a party with friends when she checked her phone and realised the house she shares in Los Angeles with her partner Louis Belanger-Martin had been consumed by flames - and she kept the news secret until the couple left the bash.

During an appearance on Australian TV show 'Sunrise', Tyra explained: "I lost my house … I haven't really talked about it, um, but yeah, I have. I just didn't want to pull a lot of attention to me, I feel like there's a lot of people that need that attention so I haven't talked about it.

"But I can't sit here and not tell the truth. that yeah we lost our house."

The 'America's Next Top Model' host went on to reveal the moment she found out her home had been destroyed, saying: "I was here [In Australia] ... We were at a friend's house here and we were just celebrating, having fun, and I just kept checking my phone, not for my house, but for my friends and family, making sure they were evacuating …

"And then I asked my partner. I said: 'I'm seeing something on my phone here', and he … [nods]. And I just pulled it together and didn't say anything to my friends, and just stayed in that moment.

"And then we went home, and we cried, and we had our moment."

The wildfires - have been raging across southern California since January 7 - have claimed the lives of at least 27 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.