Meryl Streep had to get resourceful while narrowly escaping the LA wildfires according to an account from her nephew. As multiple wildfires raged across the city in early January, a quick-thinking Meryl Streep managed to escape by cutting a car-size hole in the fence on one side of her house and then driving to safety, according to an account from her nephew published in New York magazine.
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00:00Meryl Streep had to get resourceful while narrowly escaping the LA wildfires, according
00:05to an account from her nephew.
00:07As multiple wildfires raged across the city in early January, a quick-thinking Meryl Streep
00:12managed to escape by cutting a car-sized hole in the fence of one side of her house and
00:18then driving to safety, according to an account from her nephew published in New York Magazine.
00:23Writer Abe Streep penned a vivid account of the experiences of people from all walks of
00:27life in LA, including that of his Oscar-winning aunt.
00:31My Aunt Meryl Streep received an order to evacuate on January 8, but when she tried
00:35to leave, she discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking
00:39her only exit.
00:41Determined to make it out, she borrowed wire cutters from a neighbor, cut a car-sized hole
00:45in the fence she shared with the neighbors on the other side, and drove through their
00:49yard to escape.
00:50Abe Streep does not detail what happened to Streep in the aftermath of her daring escape
00:55or what happened to her home after she drove through her neighbor's yard to escape.
00:59As of Tuesday morning, the Palisades and Eaton fires were 95 and 99 percent contained.
01:05The Palisades fire is officially the largest in Los Angeles history.
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