NYPD Blue actor William McNamara risks his life in LA wildfires

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A Star of US show NYPD Blue, Law & Order: SVU, William McNamara, has been assuming heroic traits of characters from the series - driving into parts of LA hit by raging wildfires and risking his life to rescue people and pets left behind.

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00:00Wow, this is so strong.

00:28My car is rocking up and down like an earthquake.

00:32Oh my god.

00:49And the other thing that's really weird, I'm in the car

00:51and it's hot, yeah, but my phone is getting really hot.

00:55Like, oh no.

00:56So it's catching, it's going to the other houses now,

00:59even though the wind blows the other direction,

01:01somehow it's, oh, it's probably from that.

01:04That's heading down this way.

01:08So, I mean, you just can't believe this.

01:11And I'm stuck, see?

01:12That's one way up, but there's the fires

01:14down to the street there, it's super hot.

01:16And if I go out that way, same thing.

01:18It's like gusting wind of heat.

01:26Oh my god.

01:43I think these guys need to come up.

01:50And there's another spark fire

01:52right behind the construction right here.

01:55Let's see if I can catch this.

01:59Looks pretty bad.

02:01It was by a very big tree, so if it catches,

02:05it's going to be very bad.

02:16Oh no.

02:20There's no fire almost anywhere.

02:26And this must have been an ember.

02:30It's going to come into this neighborhood now.

02:55Oh, it's better.

03:02Yep, I think I'm back to safety.

03:05So, it's still over there, it's terrible.

03:09But now, there's a lot of people here

03:12and a lot of fire and lots of this stuff.

03:15So, you see behind me is the RV park.

03:22Couple of firemen over there,

03:23but it looks like even they're going to leave.

03:25Here's another one, I hope he's stopping.

03:35So, I told you I'm trying to walk out of here.

03:39And it's super windy, very windy.

03:43And I think I'm at Temescal.

03:48I think that's Temescal.

03:54So, I'm trying to get the hell out of here just by walking.

03:58And I don't know where I am,

04:01but I'm pretty sure that's Temescal.

04:04I think I'm halfway out.

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