Australian tourists lose everything after Bali fire engulfs villas

Australian tourists have been “left with nothing” after the Bali villa they were staying in was engulfed in flames.

A major fire has destroyed villas in the popular Bali hotspot of Seminyak.

Up to 16 villas and houses have been destroyed after the blaze erupted about 10.30pm local time on Thursday.

The accommodation, understood to be Amaysa Villas, have been completely gutted, with Australian tourists reportedly losing all their belongings.

West Australian man Bailey told 6PR he and his friends lost everything in the inferno.

A major fire engulfed a number of houses and shops in Seminyak, Bali, on Thursday evening. Picture: Jarod McNeill/Facebook

The fire gutted multiple villas. Picture: Jarod McNeill/Facebook

The group had been out to dinner when they saw flames in the distance.

“As we were getting close we realised our villa was on fire,” he said.

Bailey had luckily kept his passport and cash on him, but otherwise all his belongings had been destroyed.

Some of his friends hadn’t been so lucky.

“A couple of them (friends) lost passports and a couple have lost everything,” Bailey said.

Hundreds of tourists watched on as the fire broke out. Picture: Instagram

The fire has gutted homes, shops and villas. Picture: Jarod McNeill/Facebook

“We are going to head to the embassy and get passports for the others and find some new accommodation.”

Another WA man took to social media where he said he woke up to lound sounds on the door to his accommodation.

“Looked out the window to see an eerie orange glow. Only time to grab handbags, passports, phones and wallets,” Rod Blitvich, wrote.

He was staying nearby to the fire, which Mr Blitvich said quickly spread to other buildings.

“Unfortunately the wind was carrying embers which ignited other buildings. At one stage I counted nine fire engines,” he said.

The fire quickly spread, ruining multiple structures. Picture: TikTok

Aussie tourists were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night. Picture: TikTok

Mr Blitvich managed to return to his accommodation at 1am where he packed up half of his belongings, but by then it was “covered in black soot and ash”.

The villa he was staying in remained mostly unscathed except for the pool umbrella.

“Several buildings behind us were destroyed along with 2 alongside us. All these were just metres from ours,” he wrote.

Footage posted to social media shows the busy hub as the fire engulfs the homes just metres away.

Fire trucks can be seen speeding through the streets, which are busy with tourists.

The fire can be seen from hundreds of meters away, with the smoke billowing into the sky.

Tourists and locals ran through the streets as emergency services rushed to the scene.

Originally published as Australian tourists lose everything after Bali fire engulfs villas