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Ben Affleck shared an emotional embrace with eldest daughter Violet Affleck amid evacuating his home due to the Palisades fire currently plaguing Los Angeles.
Images obtained by Page Six show the Argo actor and 19-year-old Violet sharing a hug as wildfires proceed to set the city ablaze. In the photo, Affleck has his arms wrapped around his daughter, a college freshman at Yale University, as he closes his eyes in appreciation of the sweet embrace.
Just last week, Affleck evacuated his $20 million mansion and headed to ex-wife Jennifer Garner's house (with whom he also shares children Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 12). The 13 Going on 30 star's home remained untouched by the flames, leaving her with guilt as she watched the rest of her neighborhood get destroyed.
"My heart bleeds for my friends. I can think of 100 families, and there are 5,000 homes lost. I can just write out a list of 100 friends who lost their homes. It's just like, I feel almost guilty walking through my house. Just, you know, what can I do? How can I help? What can I offer? What do I have to offer with these hands and these walls and the safety that I have," she told MSNBC on Saturday (January 11) amid helping neighbors clean up the ruins of their property. Garner also revealed that she lost a church friend to the fires, but was unable to offer additional details.
Earlier this morning (January 13) Daily Mail reported that Affleck received a surprise visit from FBI agents who showed up at his house. Why the agents were there in the first place was not revealed, but they ended up leaving after a "few minutes."
To help victims who lost everything in the fires currently wreaking havoc across Los Angeles, read: Here's How You Can Help California Wildfire Victims Right Now.