Actor James Woods recalled the chaotic moments Tuesday afternoon in Pacific Palisades as a deadly wildfire swept through his neighborhood, destroying home after home.
Woods and his family fled their home as the flames continued to get closer. He’s not sure if his house is still standing but told “The Ingraham Angle” on Wednesday “it’s possible.”
“It’s surprising that what happened with this incident is that we found out that none of us are celebrities. None of us are rich or poor, Democrat or Republican. We were neighbors, we just knew each other,” said Woods.
RAGING PALISADES FIRE BURNS A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN IN MANY HOLLYWOOD FILMS
A building burns during the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of ​​Los Angeles, California, US, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Wildfires raged through parts of Los Angeles County, fanned by strong winds, forcing thousands of residents to flee and grounding firefighting aircraft. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
I multiple Emmy Award winner he added that his neighbor ran to his house after he and his family had gone out trying to stop the flames from entering his deck, and he stayed up all night trying to fight the fire.
“It was very exciting to see how important good neighbors, good friends, good relatives are[s] [are],” Woods said.
His neighbor told him Wednesday morning that the houses to his left and right were burned, as well as “the whole house” across the street, but Woods’ roof was still visible.
Photo Gallery: THE PALISADES FIRE BEFORE AND AFTER
A Bank of America branch that was destroyed by fire is seen after the Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Eugene Garcia/AP)
Officials estimated Wednesday morning that more than 1,000 structures have burned as wildfires continue to engulf Los Angeles County.
Woods told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that she saw a fire truck parked in front of her house as the fire started to grow, but firefighters couldn’t pump water because “there wasn’t any.”
Eric Scott, public information officer of the Los Angeles Fire Department, admitted in a post to X that there are indeed challenges with water pressure.
“LADWP [Los Angeles Department of Water and Power] they filled all available water storage tanks, including the three-gallon tanks in the Palisades area,” Scott wrote. “However, water availability was impacted at higher elevations, disrupting other firefighting services due to non-refillable water tanks in those areas. The high demand has created a slow refill rate in these tanks which has challenged our firefighting efforts.”
An aircraft carrier shot down the Palisades Fire. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Woods called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom for allegedly mismanaging the fire and said the ongoing effects of the wildfires are more than a “wake up.”
“If it’s true that things were handled this way. If it’s true that Gavin Newsom is a total idiot, which I believe he is in the way he’s caught fire in this state over and over again, it’s not. It’s not sensational. This is the kind of thing that courts have – where people try and say, you’re under oath. that he’s going to do some work,” Woods said.
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“If you’re a fire marshal, this is not an act of social justice that you’re running. This is delivering water to places that need water because there are fires going 100 miles an hour burning houses down.”