Meryl Streep's writer nephew reveals in a larger feature on the LA fires' impact how his aunt went to extreme lengths to evacuate.

Meryl Streep is a badass, and her nephew, Abe Streep, wants everyone to know it. Abe Streep may not be the household name out of the Streeps, but he’s done well for himself too. He’s a journalist with New York Magazine,

Streep had to find another way. “Determined to make it out, she borrowed wire cutters from a neighbor, cut a car-size hole in the fence she shared with the neighbors on the other side, and drove through their yard to escape,” her nephew says in the story.