Actor James Woods recalled the chaotic moments Tuesday afternoon Pacific Barriers When deadly wildfires began sweeping through his neighborhood, destroying one house after another.
Woods and his family fled their home as the flames approached closer and closer. He's not sure if his house is still standing but he told The Ingraham Angle Wednesday “it's possible.”
“that it What's amazing is what happened During this experience we discovered that none of us are celebrities. None of us is poor or rich, Democrat or Republican. “We were just neighbors, really helping each other out,” Woods said.
A raging Palisade fire destroys a high school that has been featured in many Hollywood films
A building burns during the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Uncontrolled wildfires swept through parts of the Los Angeles area, fanned by high winds, forcing thousands of residents to flee and ground planes. Extinguishing. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
the Multiple Emmy Award winner He added that his neighbor ran to his house after he and his family evacuated to try to prevent the flames from reaching the deck of the ship, and he even stayed all night to fight the fire.
“It was an extraordinary experience to realize how important good neighbors, good friends and good relatives are,” Woods said.
His neighbor told him Wednesday morning that the houses to his left and right had burned, as had “every house” across the street, but that Woods' roof was still visible.
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A fire-damaged Bank of America branch is seen after the Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, January 8, 2025. (Eugene Garcia/AP)
Officials estimated that on Wednesday morning More than 1000 Buildings burned as wildfires continued to besiege Los Angeles County.
Woods told Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham that he saw a fire truck parked in front of his house as the fire grew, but firefighters couldn't pump out any water because “there wasn't any water.”
eric scott, Public information officer The Los Angeles Fire Department acknowledged in a post on X that there are indeed challenges with water pressure.
“LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) has proactively filled all available water storage tanks, including three million-gallon tanks located in the Palisades area,” Scott wrote. “However, water availability has been affected at higher altitudes, impacting some fire hydrants due to limited replenishment of water tanks in those areas. The intense demand has slowed the rate of refilling of these tanks creating a challenge for our firefighting efforts.”
An air tanker shot down the Palisades fire. (Brian Van Der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Woods called California Governor Gavin Newsom to his stand Alleged fire mismanagement He said the ongoing effects of the wildfires are more than just a “wake-up call.”
He added: “If it's true that things were handled this way. And if it's true that Gavin Newsom is the absolute vitriolic idiot that I believe is the way he's handled fire management in this state over and over again, then it's not true.” “It's a wake-up call. This is the kind of thing they have courts for — where they put people on trial and say, 'I've sworn an oath to perform certain duties,'” Woods said.
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“When you're the fire chief, this isn't a social justice exercise that you're responsible for. It means getting water to areas that need water because there are fires being burned by hundred-mile-an-hour winds to the ground.”
