Actor films narrow escape from Palisades fire as he’s nearly forced into the ocean
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‘It was hell. It was inferno,’ Sebastian Harrison described of the devastating wildfires. Actor Sebastian Harrison barely escaped with his life as the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfires approached his $2.4 million Malibu beachfront estate on Tuesday night (January 7).
![[Sebastian Harrison’s home after being destroyed by the Palisades fire]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/14/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-9.15.25%E2%80%AFAM.jpg)
The 59-year-old former Spaghetti Western movie star filmed the whole ordeal from a formation of boulders he was hiding behind as he watched his entire property go up in flames. “I really couldn’t see because of all the orange, breathing smoke and everything... I fell on my rib, and then I just took cover behind the rocks, and there were sheets of embers just going over me.”.
![[Sebastian Harrison and his wife, Livia Pillmann, reunite after Harrison’s rescue]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/15/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-9.09.48%E2%80%AFAM.jpg)
Follow live updates on the California fires here. “Houses on each side were on fire, they were swerving in and out of debris, there were trash cans flying, there were big pieces of tree flying in the middle of the road,” he added. In one clip, Harrison could be seen cowering behind the rocks as he narrates the scene: “I’m still hiding behind the boulders. Yeah, all the firemen got the hell out of here. They evacuated quickly, and I should’ve followed suit. But quite honestly, my car wouldn’t start.”.
While he had evacuated his 89-year-old father, Richard, who lived next door, Harrison explained to The Telegraph that he stayed behind despite receiving evacuation notices to try and protect the home that he shared with his wife, Livia Pillmann. “I was the only one there,” he said, sharing that he used a hose to water the roof and removed outdoor furniture to try and keep the fire from spreading across the three-acre property.
