The treacherous wildfire that tore through the Pacific Palisades had left his once-lush neighborhood charred and unrecognizable. With homes smoldered, streets emptied and friends scattered by evacuation orders,

Steve Guttenberg doesn’t just play a good guy on the screen. The actor, best known for performances in hit films like “Police Academy” and “Three Men and a Baby,” sprang into action when Los Angeles County wildfires threatened the area around his Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

The "Three Men and a Baby" actor told CNN that he hadn't "seen anything like this in my entire life, and I don't think many people have."

Actor Steve Guttenberg told Fox News Digital this is the biggest fire they've had in the Pacific Palisades.

Some businesses are offering free emergency shelter and other services to residents who have been displaced by the Los Angeles fires.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could allow firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region,

Extreme winds have fueled multiple fires that have devastated nearly 30,000 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands