Actor James Woods says his Pacific Palisades home survived the Los Angeles forest fire s that had destroyed much of his neighborhood.
‘A miracle has happened’ Woods posted to X on Friday. “We managed to reach our property and our house, which we were told was gone forever, is still standing.”
Woods added: “In this hellish landscape, ‘standing’ is relative, but smoke and other damage is nothing like the total destruction around us.”
Earlier this week, Woods was among hundreds of thousands of people in the Los Angeles area who were forced to evacuate as the fires spread and intensified. He has been posting regular updates on
“So many beautiful messages from all of you,” he posted later Friday. “I’m so happy and grateful, but honestly the whole area looks like the dark side of the moon.”
Countless celebrities, from Paris Hilton to Billy Crystal, have done so confirmed that their homes had been lost or damage sustained in fires in and around Los Angeles. At least ten people have been killed and thousands of structures and vehicles have been destroyed.