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Actor James Woods recalled the chaotic moments of Tuesday afternoon in Pacific Palisades as a deadly wildfire began to ravage their neighborhood, destroying house after house.
Woods and his family fled their home as the flames grew closer. He’s not sure if his house is still standing, but he told “The Ingraham Angle” on Wednesday that “it’s possible.”
“Is surprising what happened It was during this experience that we discovered that none of us are celebrities. None of us are poor or rich, Democrat or Republican. “We were just neighbors and we really helped each other,” Woods said.
PALISADES FIRE DESTROYS HIGH SCHOOL FEATURED IN MULTIPLE HOLLYWOOD FILMS
A structure burns during the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Uncontrolled wildfires swept through parts of the Los Angeles region, fanned by extreme winds, forcing thousands of residents to flee and ground firefighting planes. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
He Multiple Emmy Award Winner He added that his neighbor rushed to his house after he and his family evacuated to try to prevent the flames from reaching his terrace, and even stayed overnight to fight the fire.
“It was an extraordinary experience to realize how essential good neighbors, good friends and good relatives are,” Woods said.
His neighbor told him Wednesday morning that the houses to his left and right had burned down, as well as “all the houses” across the street, but Woods’ roof was still visible.
PHOTO GALLERY: PALISADES FIRE BEFORE AND AFTER
A fire-damaged Bank of America branch is seen after the Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Eugene García/AP)
Authorities estimated Wednesday morning that more than 1,000 Structures had burned as the wildfire continues to lay siege to Los Angeles County.
Woods told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he saw a fire truck parked in front of his home as the fire began to grow, but firefighters couldn’t pump out water because “there wasn’t any.”
eric scott, the public information officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department, acknowledged in a post on X that there were indeed challenges regarding water pressure.
“LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) proactively filled all available water storage tanks, including three 1 million gallon tanks located in the Palisades area,” Scott wrote. “However, water availability was affected at higher elevations, affecting some fire hydrants due to limited replenishment of water tanks in those areas. Extreme demand caused a slower refill rate for these tanks , which created a challenge for our firefighting effort.”
A tanker plane fell on the Palisades Fire. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Woods criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for his alleged mismanagement of the fire and said the aftermath of the wildfire is more than a “wake-up call.”
“If it’s true that things were handled this way. If it’s true that Gavin Newsom is the absolute idiot that I think he is because of the way he’s handled the handling of fires in this state over and over and over and over again, This is “It’s not a wake-up call. “This is the kind of thing they have courts for: where they judge people and say they had an oath to perform certain duties,” Woods said.
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“When you’re the fire chief, this is not a social justice exercise that you’re in charge of. This is about getting water to areas that need it because there are fires with winds of a hundred miles an hour burning houses to the ground.”
