In the lengthy article, Abe described how the fires and the evacuations unfolded, impacting people across the city but primarily in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. He confirmed that Streep was forced to leave her home after evacuation mandates were sent out to more than 200,

Meryl Streep’s nephew revealed the 75-year-old actress cut a “car-size hole” in a fence in order to escape the wildfires raging across Los Angeles earlier this month. Abe Streep shared the story of his famous aunt’s escape in an article he wrote for New York Magazine about the destruction caused by the fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities.