Mel Gibson‘s Malibu house is actually a pile of ashes, and but he is bought an extremely lighthearted, optimistic angle about it … joking he is “by no means seen a spot so completely burnt.”

Mel’s 6,500 sq. foot residence was torched within the Pacific Palisades Fireplace that was fueled by 100 MPH wind gusts … all whereas Mel was out of city. The actor/director was on Information Nation Thursday evening speaking concerning the catastrophe that struck whereas he was doing Joe Rogan‘s podcast.

He says he was “in poor health relaxed as a result of I knew my neighborhood was on fireplace” whereas he was speaking to Rogan. He says the Santa Ana winds have been simply beginning to kick up on Tuesday when he took off for Texas — however you gotta see him described the devastation.

MG says, “You could possibly put it in an urn” … referring to what’s left of his home — and when ya see the video he shot of the place, we gotta say, his description’s spot on!

He says one other fireplace final month got here inside 200 yards of the home, however this time the winds created the proper firestorm, which he says destroyed a lot of the properties in his neighborhood.

Mel says his unbelievable positivity comes from understanding his family members weren’t harmed within the blaze, which has reportedly killed at the least 10 individuals. Remarkably, he says a coop stuffed with chickens on his property really survived — or as he put it, “They weren’t roasted chickens.”

He lived within the house for about 15 years and says he misplaced plenty of “cool stuff,” however is aware of he can substitute all of that. Regardless of the hearth hazard, he plans to scrub up the lot “with nice ocean views” and rebuild.