After having to evacuate his Pacific Palisades home amid the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, Ben Affleck returned to find a massive military vehicle outside the home on January 16, 2025.
Photos published by TMZ show a man dressed in military fatigues and a khaki-colored Humvee parked right outside the 52-year-old Oscar winner’s Brentwood estate.
The Gone Girl star was seen driving by nonchalantly, though it’s unclear whether he engaged directly with anyone outside the residence, which sits toward the edge of the evacuation zone. The National Guard was deployed in the area to assist last week.
Earlier in the week, the outlet reported FBI agents and sheriff deputies went to Affleck’s house after a private drone and firefighting aircraft collided, damaging the latter.
Affleck, who settled his divorce from Jennifer Lopez earlier in January, was forced to flee his house amid the deadly fires and head to the home of ex-wife Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children: Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 12.
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The Palisades fire, currently 31% contained, has killed at least eight people and burned through nearly 24,000 acres. The Eaton fire, which is 65% contained, has ravaged over 14,000 acres and taken the lives of at least 16.
As of January 17, at least 27 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the multiple wildfires that began devastating the LA area last week. On January 16, Yale Climate Connections reported the eventual death toll is expected to be far higher, “once the health effects from the toxic smoke from the fires are fully realized.”
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News (TNS)
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