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Meryl Streep was forced to make a quick-thinking escape from $4M home amid LA fires... and it involved wire cutters

Her nephew Abe Streep shared the story this week in a New York Magazine article that described the mayhem. He also talked to other stars like Meryl's pal Martin Short as well as Haley Joel Osment.

He also talked to other stars like Meryl's Only Murders In The Building co-star and rumored boyfriend Martin Short as well as Sixth Sense actor Haley Joel Osment. '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 author wrote. The World Weather Attribution network of researchers from the US, UK and a number of other European countries warned the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to global warming – driven primarily by burning fossil fuels.

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