Nick Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home on Tuesday, authorities said.
The 67-year-old actor scraped his arm and inhaled some smoke but was not hospitalized, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Sam Padilla said.
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“He is seeing his private physician” for the injuries, he said.
The fire was reported at 11:34 a.m. at Nolte’s secluded Bonsall Drive home. The electrical fire started in the living room, and Nolte apparently tried to put out the fire before firefighters arrived, Padilla said.
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Televised reports said firefighters found Nolte outside the house with a hose but Padilla said he did not have any details. He didn’t know if anyone else was in the home.
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It took firefighters about 10 minutes to douse the blaze, which damaged part of the house, Padilla said.
A statement from the county Sheriff’s Department said Nolte broke a window to escape the home but Padilla said he could not confirm that account.
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The statement also said the Fire Department estimated the damage at $3.5 million but Padilla said the estimate actually was $1.5 million.
Nolte’s publicist, Arnold Robinson, said in an e-mail statement that there was an electrical fire at the house but no one was injured and there was no structural damage.
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