“Police Academy” star Steve Guttenberg is doing his part to help evacuees escape the 1200-acre inferno ravaging the Pacific Palisades.
While moving abandoned cars on Palisades Drive, Guttenberg approached a KTLA reporter to share an announcement about clearing the roadway for first responders and escaping citizens.
“Here on Palisades Drive, if anybody has a car, and they leave their car, leave the keys in the car so that we can move your car so that these fire trucks can get up Palisades Drive,” Guttenberg said. “What’s happening is people take their keys with them as if they’re in a parking lot. This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars.”
Guttenberg, who was not immediately recognized by the reporter, went on to say that he lives in the area and “has friends” in the Palisades who “can’t evacuate” due to abandoned cars plugging up roadways.
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“There are people stuck up there. So we’re trying to clear Palisades Drive and I’m walking up there as far as I can moving cars,” Guttenberg added. “They’re families up there, they’re pets up there. They’re people that really need help.”
Guttenberg continued, “We got a huge fire up there, we got huge winds right now and it’s really important for people to help each other. It’s really important for everyone to band together and not worry about your personal property. Just get out. Get your loved ones and get out.”
Guttenberg told CNN later Tuesday that it was “the most unbelievable fire I’ve ever seen,” describing the devastation he had witnessed across the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
Evacuation warnings have been issued for all of Pacific Palisades, including Rustic Canyon, Sunset Mesa and Palisades Highlands. More than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes.