Police Academy actor Steve Guttenberg jumps in to help battle Los Angeles wildfire: Get out

A star steps up.Actor Steve Guttenberg is helping fire crews as they battle a raging brush fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Known for his roles in movies like “Police Academy,” “It Takes Two” and “Three Men and a Baby,” Guttenberg, 66, was caught by local news station KTLA 5 on Tuesday as he was out moving cars to make room for fire trucks to drive into the endangered community.Guttenberg spotted newsman Gene Kang as he reported live on KTLA’s noon broadcast and interjected to share an “important announcement.”“If anybody has a car and they leave the car, leave the keys in the car so that we can move your car so that these firetrucks can get to Palisades Drive,” he implored.

“What’s happening is people take their keys with them as if they’re in a parking lot.This is not a parking lot.” He continued, “We really need people to move their cars.

So if you leave your car behind, leave the key in there so a guy like me can move your car so that these fire trucks can get up there.”“It’s really, really important,” he told Kang, who didn’t recognize him at first.Guttenberg, who lives in the area, also shared that he has friends who are under an evacuation order yet are unable to leave because of the traffic jam on Palisades Drive.“There are people stuck up there.

So we’re trying to clear Palisades Drive and I’m walking up there as far as I can moving cars,” he said as he pointed to the hill behind him.Visibly emotional, he added, “There are families up there, there are pets up there.There are people who really need help.”The brush fire threatening the Pacific Palisades was first reported around 10:30 a.m.

PT on Tuesday after dangerous winds began sweeping through Los Angeles.“We got huge winds right now.

It’s really important for people to help each other,” Guttenberg said amid clouds of smoke and the flashing lights of emergency vehicles.“It’s really important for everybody to b...