Rebekah Vardy ‘prepares to evacuate luxury Portuguese villa holiday home after getting caught up in bush fires’

• Vardy said to be shaken by the sight of flames from the balcony of her luxury villa
• Water supplies also cut off at home she is staying at with her five children
• Footballer husband Jamie is back in UK for pre-season training with Leicester 

Rebekah Vardy is packing her bags ready to escape her holiday home after it was caught in the midst of Portugal’s bush fires.

The former I’m a Celeb star, 40, has reportedly been left shaken by the sight of flames from the balcony of her luxury villa, where she and her five children are staying this summer.

Water supplies have been cut off and Vardy – whose footballer husband Jamie is back in the UK for pre-season training with Leicester City – is constantly monitoring the development of the wildfires.

A source close to the family told the Sun: ‘It’s been horrifying. Their neighbours have all been evacuated and one by one residents are being told to leave their homes.

Rebekah Vardy is packing her bags ready to escape her holiday home after it was caught in the midst of Portugal’s bush fires

A worker reacts as a forest fire hits the lumber factory where he works in Albergaria a Velha, Portugal, as wildfires devastate Europe

Firefighters during a forest fire that has hit a timber factory in Albergaria a Velha, Portugal

‘Becky can see smoke everywhere and she’s terrified about the kids breathing it in. The water is also down so she’s relying on bottled water which, obviously, there is only a finite amount of at home.

‘Jamie and their friends and family back home have all been really worried. Things are developing by the hour but she’s praying the fire brigades, who have been brilliant, can get things back under control.’

Vardy is believed to be at the six-bed villa in the south of the country – which boasts three pools, a gym and sauna – to escape her legal woes following the well-publicised Wagatha Christie trial against Coleen Rooney earlier this year.

Portugal has been hit by a series of blazes in recent days, with some encroaching on the exclusive neighbourhood of Quinta do Lago where properties sell for between £1million and £9.5million, home to stars including Roman Abramovich, Duncan Bannatyne, John Terry and Steven Gerrard.

Former Dragons Den star Bannatyne, 73, revealed he and his wife Nigora, 42, had to flee from his mansion amid the blaze.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote: ‘Terrible day in the Algarve today. We have survived but it was a bit scary. Yes. We had to leave our homes today but luckily very few properties were damaged.’

Fire burns near a swimming pool during a forest fire in the village of Lavradio, Ourem, in Portugal which is gripped by forest fires

Portugal has been devastated by multiple blazes which have encroached on the exclusive neighbourhood of Quinta do Lago (pictured) 

A Canadair CL-415 fire-fighting aircraft from Italy takes part in firefighting operations at Gesteira de Baixo on July 14, 2022 in Pombal, Portugal

Footage shows swirling flames tearing through the luxury Portuguese resort, destroying golf courses as panicked tourists desperately tried to flee in their cars from the looming inferno.

Thousands of firefighters and volunteers are battling blazes across the country with one devastated villager describing flames as ‘looking like the devil’.

The blistering heat has caused similar fires to break out in Spain, France, Turkey and Croatia as Europe continues to suffer under the furnace-like heat dome blanketing the continent.

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