The 37-year-old The Sixth Sense actor - who addressed the incident on a podcast last month - broke cover as he walked his dogs in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Wildfires have become more extreme in the past decade. A new study shows the worst-affected states are overwhelmingly in the West.

Acres Fire initially started today at 2:06 p.m. in Madera County. After being active for four hours, it has burned 636 acres.

Montara residents say a stretch of hillside land that Caltrans bought decades ago is so overgrown and neglected, that dozens of homes are at risk of fire.