James Woods’ has skilled a miracle.
The 77-year-old actor revealed his house within the Pacific Palisades space of Los Angeles has survived the devastating wildfire that continues to ravage the upscale neighborhood.
Woods was evacuated earlier this week when the lethal Palisades Hearth broke out on Tuesday.
He was later diminished to tears when he spoke in regards to the devastation and what he believed to be his destroyed house in an interview with CNN.
Nonetheless, all of it modified on Friday when he was capable of go to his property line and noticed his home nonetheless standing amid the rubble.
“A miracle has happened. We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing,” Woods shared on X, previously Twitter.
“On this hellish panorama ‘standing’ is relative, however smoke and different harm shouldn’t be just like the utter destruction round us.’
The actor additionally included a video of his home within the distance, telling his followers it was “the view from our deck area.”
Woods beforehand stated he was too previous to make the trek as much as his hillside house.
Throughout his CNN section, the star choked up whereas speaking about the home that he believed had perished in flames.
“I thought I’d be stronger than this,” Woods advised the interviewer, revealing they just lately renovated.
His voice continued cracking as he described the recollections he shared together with his spouse, Sarah, of their house.
“We finally had it done, and we were swimming everyday and my blood pressure was going down,” an emotional Woods stated. “If you ever saw the views from that house before this fire, they were just… It was paradise. And our neighbors, we knew them all.”
He added, “One day you’re swimming in the pool and the next day it’s all gone.”
Woods additionally shared that he grew involved for his 94-year-old neighbor who has dementia and lives alone.
Saying that he and his spouse have been pressured to depart their house with solely “the clothes on our backs,” Woods contacted the police and requested a wellness test.
The actor stated that authorities discovered the aged man at house in his pantry.
“He’d been left alone,” Woods stated. “There was so much chaos, it was like an inferno. Every house was on fire around us.”
Like Woods, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and John Mayer’s mansions are nonetheless standing because the Palisades Hearth rips via the neighborhood at 8% containment.
Sadly, 1000’s of residents, together with a number of A-listers, aren’t as fortunate.
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore, Tina Knowles, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Eugene Levy, and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester are among the many A-listers whose properties are gone.
