Hollywood legend Meryl Streep took drastic action to flee the deadly LA.. wildfires after a tree fell across the driveway of her $4.5 million Pasadena house.

When she tried to leave, she discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking her only exit,” the actress’ nephew revealed.

Meryl Streep had to get resourceful while narrowly escaping the LA wildfires according to an account from her nephew. As multiple wildfires raged across the city in early January, a quick-thinking Meryl Streep managed to escape by cutting a car-size hole in the fence on one side of her house and then driving to safety,

The three-time Oscar winner had to act quickly after a tree had blocked her car's path out of harm's way, according to an account from her nephew in New York Magazine.