Ben Affleck smiles after helping ex Jennifer Garner flee LA fires as his other ex JLo has premiere canceled

Ben Affleck appeared to be in good spirits just hours after he was evacuated from his $20 million bachelor pad in the Pacific Palisades due to the California wildfires.

The actor had rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home on Tuesday to pick up their three children, and sources confirmed to DailyMail.com that they are all now safe.

Now looking a little more at ease, Affleck was spotted with a big grin as he appeared to check on his neighbors in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood.

He wore a hooded sweatshirt and sported his signature beard as he hugged an acquaintance before getting back into his luxury SUV.

Affleck has been living in the bachelor pad since his divorce from Jennifer Lopez, which left behind the $68 million home they once shared.

He is one of many celebrities whose homes in the area have been affected by the devastating fires.

On Tuesday, the premiere of his film Unstoppable, starring Lopez, was canceled.

Appearing more at ease, Affleck was seen with a big grin as he appeared to check on his neighbors in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood.

Affleck looked dejected as he drove to his house and it went up in flames yesterday.

Garner lived in a $53,271-a-month home just blocks away from her ex-husband while renovations were completed on her $8 million Brentwood ranch, Architectural summary reports.

Ben’s western Pacific Palisades neighborhood is home to a bevy of stars, including Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Miles Teller, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler and Jhene Aiko, among others.

Actor James Woods shared images of the fire on Instagram on Tuesday as he announced he was evacuating.

The wildfire has already engulfed more than 1,200 hectares in the area, which is sparsely populated with huge celebrity estates surrounded by vegetation-covered hills, leaving plenty of fuel for the fire, unlike the denser neighborhoods further inland.

The Armageddon star has only lived in the area for a short time after buying a house nearby for $20.5 million following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez.

While it’s far from the lavish retreat he and his ex had lived in together in Beverly Hills, it’s far from small at 6,000 square feet and five bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Before that, he lived in the massive, 38,000-square-foot Georgian mansion that he and Lopez bought for $60 million.

He wore a hooded sweatshirt and sported his signature beard as he hugged an acquaintance before getting back into his luxury SUV.

The actor had rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home on Tuesday to pick up their three children, and sources confirmed to DailyMail.com that they are all safe now (Affleck and Garner in 2014)

Affleck has lived in the bachelor pad since his divorce from Jennifer Lopez, which left behind the $68 million home they once shared; (seen in February 2024)

It features 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms and has plenty of amenities, including a 12-car garage and an elevator, but so far the couple hasn’t found a buyer after putting it on the market for $68 million.

After splitting from Jennifer – but before she made her divorce filing public – Ben was seen living in a rental home in Brentwood, not far from his current home, keeping him in the same neighborhood as his ex-wife Jennifer Garner. and his children live.

Stars across Hollywood reacted with shock and concern on social media as the fires spread thanks to winds that sometimes exceeded 100 mph (160 km/h) whipped through Los Angeles.

“Please send prayers and strength tonight to everyone in Los Angeles affected by these devastating fires. Los Angeles is in a state of emergency and more than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate,” Chris Pratt wrote on social media with a photo of a firefighter battling the blaze.

The Hills star Spencer Pratt was one of the unfortunate people whose home was engulfed by the fast-moving bushfires.

He watched the fire approach his Pacific Palisades home from a nearby hill and captured video earlier in the day of a plane dropping water on a nearby hill, but he and his wife Heidi Montag were later forced to evacuate with their two young boys. before their house was burned to the ground.

The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Getty Villa, a museum designed in the image of an ancient Roman villa, was threatened by the forest fire.

Some of the vegetation on the museum grounds had burned, but the campus buildings were reportedly still safe and the artworks and sculptures had been sealed to prevent smoke damage.

Katherine E. Fleming, the president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, boasted in a statement that the Getty Villa had made “extensive efforts to clean up the surrounding area as part of its year-round firefighting efforts.”

The entire city was hit by high winds of more than 100 miles per hour in some areas, resulting in wildfires that raged through 3,000 acres of the Pacific Palisades and forced thousands to evacuate (photo Tuesday)

“Some trees and vegetation on the site have been burned, but staff and the collection have remained safe,” she said.

Dry and extremely windy conditions allowed a second fire to break out in Altadena, further east, forcing residents in nearby Pasadena to evacuate.

As Westside residents scrambled to escape at the last minute, scores of people got stuck in massive traffic jams, including Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy.

Many drivers ended up abandoning their cars on the streets and continuing on foot, and firefighters were forced to bulldoze lines of cars to enter the affected areas.