Meryl Streep had to take matters into her own hands when evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month, according to her nephew.

As containment and recovery from the wildfires in Southern California continue, many celebrities have shared harrowing stories about how they escaped the fires. Now, Meryl Streep's nephew Abe Streep revealed the drastic action that the Oscar-winning actress had to take in order to leave her property after the area received an evacuation order at the start of January.

Meryl Streep's nephew revealed the 75-year-old actress cut a "car-size hole" in a fence in order to escape the wildfires.

Meryl Streep's nephew Abe Streep wrote in 'New York Magazine' that Meryl was forced to "cut a car-size hole in the fence she shared with the neighbors on the other side" with wire-cutters to escape her home after wildfires in Los Angeles broke out on Jan.