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James Woods reveals his Pacific Palisades home is 'still standing' after believing it had...

• By JACQUELINE LINDENBERG and GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ PO

James Woods has revealed that his Pacific Palisades home is 'still standing' after believing that it had been destroyed in the catastrophic L.A. fires that began earlier this week on Tuesday.

It comes just two days after the actor, 77, broke down during a CNN interview after being evacuated. He had also shared videos of the fast-moving inferno moving towards his house on a hill in the community.

However, on Friday, Woods gave an update by uploading a clip to X to share that a 'miracle has happened' and that the property had survived the flames.

While standing on the deck, he panned the camera to the views below, showing that most structures and neighboring homes had been burnt to the ground in the Palisades Fire - which has spanned 20,000 acres as of Friday, per NBC News.

James also pointed out landmarks, such as a school, that had once stood - but was now destroyed.

He then panned the camera to show another portion of the backyard as others were also helping to put out small flames with buckets of water.

The star could be heard explaining, 'Francis, who's father we saved, is now putting out fires now on our hillside.' 

Smoke still arose in the distance from other properties that had been ravished in the fires - which began on Tuesday amid strong Santa Ana winds. 

The multiple devastating infernos throughout Southern California - including the Eaton Fire - have claimed the lives of 11 victims, NBC reported on Friday. 

Around 200,000 residents have been evacuated while over 10,000 structures have been destroyed in the blazes. 

Anthony Hopkins, Miles Teller, Paris Hilton, Tina Knowles, Eugene Levy, Billy Crystal Jeff Bridges, Adam Brody and wife Leighton Meester are just some who also lost their homes in the fires. 

In the caption of his video, the Casino actor penned, 'A miracle has happened. We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone forever, is still standing.'