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Meryl Streep Cut a 'Car-Size Hole in the Fence' for a Harrowing Getaway During L.A. Wildfires

Meryl Streep's nephew Abe Streep wrote in 'New York Magazine' that Meryl was forced to "cut a car-size hole in the fence she shared with the neighbors on the other side" with wire-cutters to escape her home after wildfires in Los Angeles broke out on Jan. 7 and a tree fell in her driveway.

My aunt Meryl Streep received an order to evacuate on January 8, but when she tried to leave, she discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking her only exit," the Brothers on Three: A True Story of Family author wrote. Meryl's nephew Abe also spoke with her longtime friend and Only Murders in the Building costar Martin Short, as well as actor Haley Joel Osment, as he detailed the disastrous fires that swept through L.A.'s Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities earlier this month, displacing tens of thousands of residents. Short additionally told New York magazine that his home had survived the flames in the Pacific Palisades, but one of his sons lost his nearby house.

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