An actor has been driving into the fire zones in LA and risking his life to rescue pets and people left behind.
When William McNamara, 59, who lives in Santa Monica, California, saw a plume of smoke rising above the city, he took to the streets.
Known for his roles in NYPD Blue, Law & Order: SVU, he also has a history of performing high-stakes rescue on National Geographic's Animal Intervention show.
He has spent the last few days driving his rental car around Pacific Palisades, to save people and pets - even venturing behind police and fire lines.
His shocking videos show him staggeringly close to the flames as he pulls them to safety and into his rental car.
When William McNamara, 59, who lives in Santa Monica, California, saw a plume of smoke rising above the city, he took to the streets.
Known for his roles in NYPD Blue, Law & Order: SVU, he also has a history of performing high-stakes rescue on National Geographic's Animal Intervention show.
He has spent the last few days driving his rental car around Pacific Palisades, to save people and pets - even venturing behind police and fire lines.
His shocking videos show him staggeringly close to the flames as he pulls them to safety and into his rental car.
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00:00strong. My car is rocking up and down.
00:29Like an earthquake. Oh my god.
00:49And the other thing that's really weird, I'm in the car and it's hot, yeah, but my phone is getting really hot.
00:55Like, oh no, so it's catching, it's going to the other houses now, even though the wind blows the other direction, somehow it's, oh, it's probably from that.
01:04That's heading down this way. So, I mean, you just can't believe this.
01:11And I'm stuck, see, that's one way up, but there's the fires down to the street there, it's super hot.
01:16And if I go out that way, same thing, it's like gusting wind of heat.
01:43And there's another spark fire right behind the construction right here.
01:55Let's see if I can, it looks pretty bad, and it's by a very big tree, so if it catches, it's going to be very bad.
02:17Oh no. There's no fire almost anywhere.
02:28And this must have been an ember. It's going to come into this neighborhood now.
02:59Yep, I think I'm back to safety.
03:04So, it's still over there, it's terrible right now.
03:10A lot of people here and a lot of fire and lots of this stuff.
03:14So, you see behind me is the RV park.
03:21A couple of firemen over there, but 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, and it's super windy, very windy, and I think I'm at Temescal.
03:48I think that's Temescal.
03:56So, I'm trying to get the hell out of here just by walking, and I don't know where I am, but I'm pretty sure that's Temescal.
04:07I think I'm halfway out.