United Kingdom, Jan. 28 -- Meryl Streep had to cut through a fence to evacuate her home amid the LA wildfires.

The 75-year-old actress received a mandate to leave her property as the disaster began to unfold across California but her nephew Abe Streep has now revealed that she had to go to extreme measures to escape because a tree was blocking her way out.

Writing for The New York Magazine, he explained: "Evacuation mandates were sent across the city. My aunt Meryl Streep received an order to evacuate on January 8, but when she tried to leave, she discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking her only exit.

"Determined to make it out, she borrowed wire cutters from a neighbor, cut a car-size hole in the fence s...