Actor James Woods returned to his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Friday expecting to find it burned to the ground after being evacuated due to the wildfires rampaging Los Angeles, CA.
But, to his amazement, his house was still standing, even as many of his neighbor’s homes had been destroyed.
In a video posted on social media, James Woods directed the praise back to God, saying that “a miracle has happened.”
Watch here:
A miracle has happened. We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing. In this hellish landscape “standing” is relative, but smoke and other damage is not like the utter destruction around us. The view from our deck area: pic.twitter.com/JZU2kTJC52
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2025
Previously, James Woods had shared a clip of fires ravaging his deck, as well as images from his security camera as he and his wife evacuated:
Our deck three minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/KpZDELpN8L
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 7, 2025
James Woods also posted some other clips of his neighborhood and utter carnage in the surrounding area of his home:
One side untouched, the other utter destruction. While we rejoice to find our house intact, in the midst of a hellscape like this, you can only think of your neighbors. I was so certain our house was gone a day ago, but the fickle finger of fate decided otherwise. pic.twitter.com/dbL0ECvtSa
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2025
The view from one of our security cameras pic.twitter.com/hcbwsAYJvG
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 7, 2025
He also said that it was by the “grace of God” that his elderly neighbor was saved from the fires after being left there by a heartless caregiver.
Miracles everywhere.
James Woods explained:
The man on the left, Robert Trinkkeller, is a hero. By the grace of God he stayed behind when the evacuation order was given. When I called the man on the right, our neighbor, in Boston to be sure his 94 year-old father had been evacuated, he was devastated that a replacement… pic.twitter.com/CeQBiLhCiv
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2025
People reported:
James Woods‘ home is still standing as the Palisades Fire rages on.
The actor, 77, posted a video to X, writing that he went to visit what he thought would be the remnants of his home, but instead was surprised to find it still standing.
ADVERTISEMENT“A miracle has happened,” Woods wrote of the view from his deck. “We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing. In this hellish landscape, ‘standing’ is relative, but smoke and other damage is not like the utter destruction around us.”
In the video, Woods stood on top of the hill overlooking what he said was Palisades High School, showing “everything below us.” The destruction from the fire extends as far as the eye can see in the video. Meanwhile, helicopters can be heard in the background as Woods shows what’s left of his surrounding community.
As Woods panned over to the left, short of breath, the Ghosts of Mississippi actor said “Oh My God. That’s our neighbor’s house.”
All of this happened by the grace of God, alone.
Certainly in spite of Mayor Karen Bass’s efforts…
James Woods is also supporting a petition to force her resignation, which you can take a look at here:
Petition · Demand the Immediate Resignation of Mayor Karen Bass – Los Angeles, United States · https://t.co/OE7YKlXuna https://t.co/M8U9mtFnAI
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2025
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