Jerry O’Connell Helped Fight Fire After Malibu Food Truck Was Engulfed in Flames
usmagazine.comJerry O’Connell jumped into action when he saw a food truck on fire in Malibu, California.The local sheriff’s deputies told TMZ on Monday, July 18, that the authorities found the truck fire one day prior.
After arriving on the scene, authorities pulled a man out of the burning vehicle and started removing nearby propane tanks.O’Connell, 49, was driving with his twin daughters, Dolly and Charlie, 14, — who he shares with wife Rebecca Romijn — when he spotted the disaster.
He pulled over to move a gas can away from the nearby fire. He “scaled a fence to grab a fire extinguisher” and tried to help the deputies keep the fire at bay while waiting for the fire department to arrive.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThis isn’t the first time the actor made headlines for moonlighting as a firefighter.
In 2003, he helped firefighters battle a wildfire near the San Bernardino mountains, close to where he was living at the time.O’Connell’s heroic attitude was a different side of their father than what his daughters usually see.
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