James Woods describes 'miracle' as he finds out home hasn't been destroyed by LA wildfire
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US actor, James Woods, has revealed his home survived the Los Angeles wildfires that continue to ravage the star-studded Californian neighbourhood. The Ghosts Of Mississippi star, 77, said he went to visit what he believed was the remnants of his property in the Pacific Palisades, to find it was still standing. Mass evacuations have seen thousands of people forced to leave their homes behind in recent days, and over a 1000 buildings and structures have been totally destroyed – with a number of people reported to have tragically lost their lives already, in fires Paris Hilton said looked like "hell" on earth.
Telling his followers he'd been blessed by a "miracle", James took to X revealing that, thankfully, his home was "still standing". He said: "We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing. In this hellish landscape ‘standing’ is relative, but smoke and other damage is not like the utter destruction around us.".
Woods said he was "so happy and grateful" to return to his home, but likened the area surrounding the property as the "the dark side of the moon". He shared: "It’s so fundamentally gut-wrenching and upsetting, it’s almost hard to celebrate the joyous news that our home survived. While we rejoice to find our house intact, in the midst of a hellscape like this, you can only think of your neighbours. I was so certain our house was gone a day ago, but the fickle finger of fate decided otherwise.".
The Oppenheimer star also revealed he had helped to rescue his 94-year-old neighbour after the man’s replacement caregiver had allegedly left him behind amid evacuation orders. It comes days after the Golden Globe and two-time Emmy winning actor confirmed he had evacuated his home as he shared security camera footage of flames engulfing a nearby home and the bottom of his balcony.
