Meryl Streep's writer nephew reveals in a larger feature on the LA fires' impact how his aunt went to extreme lengths to evacuate.

Streep had to find another way. “Determined to make it out, she borrowed wire cutters from a neighbor, cut a car-size hole in the fence she shared with the neighbors on the other side, and drove through their yard to escape,” her nephew says in the story.

Meryl Streep’s nephew recalled the harrowing moment when he said the legendary actress had to frantically cut a hole in her fence to escape the wildfires. Abe Streep explained the frightening experience in an article for New York Magazine published Tuesday.