Actor James Woods shares his experience evacuating his home in Pacific Palisades as wildfires fueled by strong winds ravage Los Angeles.
Hercules star James Woods has been forced to evacuate his home as wind-field fires spread across Los Angeles.The Pacific Palisades inferno began as a brush fire around 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, with heavy winds causing it to quickly expand to 200 acres, as reported by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).Mandatory evacuation orders were quickly issued in the affluent neighborhood, located along the coast and in the mountains north of Santa Monica and home to many celebrities.
The Oscar-nominated actor is one of the many people who has been affected, having taken to X (formerly Twitter) to share the news.Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for Woods for comment on Wednesday outside of normal business hours.'All the smoke detectors are going off in our house and transmitting to our iPhones,' he wrote.'I couldn't believe our lovely little home in the hills held on this long. It feels like losing a loved one.'Only 10 minutes later, Woods shared another update, writing alongside a video: 'I took this last night from our beautiful little home in the Palisades. Now all the fire alarms are going off at once remotely. It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.'Before these updates, Woods had been posting a series of photos and clips documenting the blaze. In one post, he simply said he was 'leaving.' In another, he showed the fire lapping the deck of his home, and in other posts, he praised the efforts made by first responders.'We were blessed to have LA fire and police depts doing their jobs so well. We are safe and out,' he posted to the social media platform.'There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely. Can not speak more highly of the LA fire and LAPD.'In a previous update, Woods said he was unclear on the overall condition of his home but had been able to monitor the fire thanks to a security camera on his propert
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