Viewers gasp as TV journalist makes heartbreaking revelation during live LA wildfire report outside burned down house
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TV viewers were left in total shock after a news anchor made a heartbreaking revelation during the horrifying LA fires. ABC's Matt Gutman shared gut-wrenching personal news as he filmed outside a destroyed home brought down to little more than rubble. While hosting The View show, Gutman revealed how the uncontrollable wildfires destroyed his aunt's home.
![[ABC News' Matt Gutman made a heartbreaking personal revelation while reporting on the LA fires]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2a96c1db-fa64-4060-b699-47d810222294.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The news anchor took his viewers along a decimated road in Pacific Palisades, where the fires started and have wreaked most havoc. Gutman explained the sheer devastation that had unfolded in the affluent LA neighborhood. “I can feel the heat emanating from this house, which happens to be my aunt’s house,” he said.
![[The news anchor revealed his aunt's home had been destroyed in the devastating wildfires]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/abc-news-matt-gutman-reports-962836301.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Gutman tragically revealed that his aunt - who thankfully was not home at the time - lost everything after the blaze ripped through her neighbourhood. The news anchor, who lives in LA, explained the heartbreaking personal impact these destructive blazes have had on him.
![[An aerial view of destroyed homes in the Pacific Palisades area on Thursday]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2025-pacific-palisades-california-multiple-962737571_815880.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Gutman shared how his own LA home was threatened by fires just 300 yards away but was thankfully put out before they could damage his house. “My kids were afraid and I, like many hundreds of thousands of other people, told my family, ‘We have to get a go bag ready right now,'” he recalled.
“‘We have to have it prepared by the door because you really don’t know at this point.'”. "Like so many people in this part of LA, I know multiple people who lost their homes in this fire," he added. Gutman said his aunt, who lived just off Sunset Boulevard, was "struggling" and added it had been "hard for the family".
![[Fire crews battle the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/fire-crews-battle-kenneth-fire-962680434_73307f.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
