James Woods has revealed that his house is “still standing”, after reporting earlier this week that he lost his home in the fires raging across the country. Los Angelesin what he calls “a miracle”.
“A miracle has happened. We were able to gain access to our property and our house, which we were told was gone forever, is still standing,” Woods said. wrote on Fridaysharing a video of his deck. “In this hellish landscape, ‘position’ is relative, but the smoke and other damage pales in comparison to the utter destruction that surrounds us. »
Woods shared the news from his house upon returning to his neighborhood. The actor also posted photos and videos of the devastation all around him, including what looked like charred and destroyed structures, which he said were his neighbors’ homes.
He also shared a video of a street where one side seemed unaffected by the fires, the other being destroyed.
“As much as we are happy to find our home intact, in the middle of a hellish landscape like this, all you can think about is your neighbors,” Woods wrote. “I was so certain that our house was gone a day ago, but the fickle finger of fate decided otherwise.”
Indeed, he said the rubble around him made it difficult to celebrate the fact that he had not lost his home.
“So many lovely messages from you all. I’m so happy and grateful, but honestly the whole area looks like the dark side of the moon. he wrote. “It’s so heartbreaking and overwhelming that it’s almost difficult to celebrate the joyful news that our home has survived.”
Woods had reported earlier in the week that his house had burned down. He posted a video to X very early Wednesday morning, writing, “Took this last night from our beautiful little house in the Palisades. Now all fire alarms go off simultaneously remotely. And he added: “It tests your soul, you lose everything at once, I must say.”
In a live CNN interview later in the day, Woods said his entire street was burning, but highlighted how a neighbor was able to save an elderly resident with dementia shortly before that man’s home. man does not burn.
“There was so much chaos, it was like hell. All the houses were on fire around us,” he said of his escape from home. “We were evacuated with the clothes on our backs. »
Many Hollywood stars have lost their homes in wildfiresincluding Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Mel Gibson, Jeff Bridges, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Warren and Cary Elwes.
