“Top Gun: Maverick” Star Miles Teller Prior to the evacuation of his family, detailes the moments during the fire of Palisades.
During a performance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, the actor explained that before his house burned down in the Pacific Palisades, his grandmother had moved to South California and lived with him after his grandfather died.
“So, my wife and I woke up, and where we lived in the Palisades, we were a bit at a height. So as soon as we opened our curtains in our balcony of the bedroom, we saw the fire start on our 12 o’clock. And It was very small.
Miles Teller’s Pacific Palisades Home burned burned down during the LA fires. (Getty Images/Keleigh Teller/Instagram)
Counter explained that the fire was about 3 miles away from his house when she was for the first time Spread flames.
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“And Keleigh said,” If that goes from 12 to three hours, we are really in trouble and we have to move. ” At that time I took care of my grandmother because my grandfather, with whom I was extremely close, he had just died a few weeks earlier.
“I would say from the moment we woke up and saw it to compulsory evacuation, I would say from 90 minutes to two hours. And we watch it on TV while it happens, and people leave cars.”
“So I had something like” Hey Mup. “That’s what we call her. And then we just caught very little.
Burned properties after the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades district. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
Teller explained that his house was not surrounded by a ‘brush’, only family houses and family businesses.
‘Fire is scary. I often grew up in the east coast and often in Florida. Usually they scare you for a bit for a week. You have a lot of heads-up. But for the fire, man it moved quickly.
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“At that time, people grab all their children and take to the streets, and it was pure … It was pretty chaotic. Absolutely.”
Firefighters look at a helicopter who drops water on the Palisades Vuur 11 January. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The aftermath of the fire in Pacific Palisades and along the Pacific Coast Highway. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty images))
Teller flashed his watch during the talk show and explained that he, while evacuating, took the watch from his grandfather.
“One of the items I took was my grandfather’s watch. I don’t know which camera that is,” said counter, pointing to his grandfather’s watch on his wrist.
During the La Fireaid advantage concert on Thursday, the counter broke his silence after he and his wife, Keleigh counter, lost their house during the Palisades Fire.
Miles and Keleigh Teller’s house burned down last month. (Keleigh counter Instagram/Getty)
“First, I just want to give a shout-out. I know that there are many first responds tonight. I know a lot of watching at home. So thank you all for keeping us safe. Thanks.
“My wife and I lost, just like many of us in the Pacific Palisades, our house in the fire and my heart breaks for everyone who is struck in the city. Really, my heart goes out to all of you.”
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Last month, Keleigh went to Instagram to post before and after photos of their house, and noticed in the caption that she was sorry that she left her wedding dress when she and the actor evacuated before the flames consumed their property.
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“If you are in the LA environment, please go out if you can. I wish I had taken my wedding dress … I wish I did it much different, but it doesn’t matter, stay safe, go away , “wrote Keleigh partly in time.
Teller was accompanied on stage by a neighbor of his, who shared his moving, personal story about how the Palisades -fire influenced him and his family.
Miles Teller’s wife Keleigh “wished she would have taken her wedding dress while evacuating during the fire of Palisades. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
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Musicians gathered in Los Angeles for the Fireaid Benefit concert, which was held at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum. The purpose of the advantage was to rebuild communities that were decimated by the fires that burned by Los Angeles in January.
