The three-time Oscar winner had to act quickly after a tree had blocked her car's path out of harm's way, according to an account from her nephew in New York Magazine.

Meryl Streep’s nephew Abe revealed in a New York Magazine report that the Oscar-winning actor had to a cut a “car-size hole” in her fence in order to evacuate the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month.

Meryl Streep's home was among those in danger from the Los Angeles fires earlier this month. Loic Venance / AFP via Her nephew Abe Streep shared an anecdote about his aunt's escape with New York magazine,