Steve Guttenberg Issues Desperate Plea to Local Residents in Palisades Fire Evacuation Zones
- Steve Guttenberg made a plea for evacuees to leave their car keys behind on Palisades Dr. to allow for easier movement of vehicles during the Los Angeles wildfires.
Steve Guttenberg has a desperate request for folks evacuating from the California fires currently raging through the Los Angeles area.
The Three Men and a Baby star spoke with a reporter on air yesterday, Jan. 7, as he assisted the local fire department in battling three separate fires fanned by hurricane-force winds , including the Palisades fire.
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In a screen recording from a KTLA 5 news report, re-uploaded to Instagram , Guttenberg—who had a surgical mask hanging underneath his chin, while the reporter wore a filtration mask and a pair of safety goggles—appeared to interrupt another on-camera interview with a request to make an "important announcement."
Guttenberg requested anyone leaving their car behind on Palisades Dr. make sure to leave the keys behind, too, so that the vehicle could be easily moved out of the way.
"What happens is, people take their keys with them as if this is a parking lot," he explained. "This is not a parking lot."
"So, if you leave your car on Palisades Dr., leave the key in there so a guy like me can move your car...so that these firetrucks can get up there," he added, rubbing his eyes as the cameraman coughed while the smoke seemed to grow stronger. "It's really really important."
The reporter, not recognizing him, asked him to introduce himself before he confirmed that he lived "right up the hill" from the roadway he was working to clear abandoned cars from so firetrucks had room to pass through, as there were still "people stuck up there" in the hills.
"So, we're trying to clear Palisades Dr. and I'm walking up there as far as I can moving cars... There are families up there. There are pets up there. There are people who really need help," he concluded.
