( CNN ) -- Christopher Lloyd picked through the charred remnants of his Montecito , California , home Monday morning , resigning himself to the fact it can not be rebuilt . Christopher Lloyd 's $ 11 million home in Montecito , California , was destroyed by the `` Tea Fire . '' The `` Back to the Future '' and `` Taxi '' star showed ABC 's `` Good Morning America '' what remained of his $ 11 million home in the exclusive celebrity neighborhood northwest of Los Angeles . `` Boy , look at that , '' Lloyd said as he approached the rubble . `` All this happens in a couple of minutes . '' Lloyd 's home was among dozens of homes lost in wildfires in Southern California . The `` Tea Fire '' which started at the privately owned Tea Garden Estate , about a mile north of Santa Barbara 's Westmont College , ripped through an area that Oprah Winfrey , Michael Douglas , Rob Lowe and other celebrities call home . Lloyd told `` Good Morning America '' that it was `` just sort of sinking in '' that his home was gone for good . `` It 's amazing , its just gone , '' Lloyd told `` Good Morning America . '' `` Rebuilding would be -- it 's too much . You ca n't rebuild that . '' The home 's windows were blown out , entire sections demolished , and piles of concrete , ashy trees and shrubbery were scattered across the property . `` You watch TV , you see these kinds of incidents happening here and there , but you look with a kind of detachment because it 's happening ... elsewhere , '' he told `` Good Morning America . '' `` But suddenly to be in the midst of it -- it 's a very different awareness . '' Lloyd joked that he had been planning on organizing and storing memorabilia from the home , but never got around to it . `` Kind of do n't have to worry about that now , '' he said .
Michael Douglas home dozens of one destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires . Lloyd : `` Rebuilding would be -- it 's too much . You ca n't rebuild that `` Good Morning America home destroyed brings `` different awareness '' than watching on TV .