Ben Affleck was seen engaging in a serious conversation with law enforcement officials as he exited his driveway in Brentwood on Tuesday – just two days following a surprise visit to his residence by the FBI.
FBI agents and deputies from the LA County Sheriff’s Department were observed arriving at Affleck’s house on Sunday. The agents lingered outside the entrance to his property for a few minutes before departing.
They were allegedly investigating an incident in which a private drone collided with a firefighting aircraft, damaging it, TMZ reports.
Affleck’s residence is not situated in an evacuation zone, although he does reside near the Pacific Palisades, an area that has been heavily affected by one of the fires.
On Tuesday, he was spotted in his car exiting his Brentwood home, where a law enforcement vehicle was seen just outside his gate.
The Argo director appeared stern, gesturing emphatically out his car window as he spoke to the authorities in front of his house.
DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative for Affleck for comment.Â
Two days earlier, the FBI and sheriff’s department were seen outside Affleck’s home, investigating a collision between a private drone and an aircraft that had been helping LAFD battle the fires that have raged throughout the county since last Tuesday, killing 24 people and destroying thousands of homes.Â
DailyMail.com has reached out to Affleck’s representative for comment.
It’s unclear if the Armageddon star was home when the visit occurred.
His $20.5 million home has so far escaped unscathed from the LA fires, even though the Brentwood estate is on the border of Pacific Palisades, which has been devastated by the blaze.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 24 people have died in the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire, which originated in Altadena, near Pasadena, according to a release from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
The FBI agents and Sheriff’s deputies appear to have used the call box next to Affleck’s driveway gate, but the gate was never opened.
One FBI agent was seen wearing a short-sleeve shirt bearing the bureau’s logo on the back, while another person wore body armor bearing the same logo on the back.
At one point they walked up to the gate, possibly to call over it.
The safety of Ben’s home has seemingly been up in the air in the past week, as it is located so close to the Palisades fire, which was only 13 percent contained as of Sunday evening.
Last week, the actor-turned-director was pictured looking shocked as he returned home in the evening as flames were visible nearby.
Ben quickly evacuated and then rushed over to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home in Brentwood to help her and their children get to safety.
He seemed to be particularly focused on family over the weekend when he was seen giving his oldest daughter Violet a loving hug.
Although with the 19-year-old Yale student, Ben also shares Fin, 16, and Sam, 12, with Garner, whom he married in 2005 and split from in 2015.
Ben was previously seen returning home from his office, despite his house apparently being under a mandatory evacuation order.
He and his family have so far been lucky, but Garner revealed that the losses from the fire had hit close to home.
‘I did lose a friend who did not get out on time,’ she revealed, her voice beginning to crack with emotion, as she spoke with chef Jose Andres and Katy Tur for MSNBC.
So far, more than 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate in the face of the massive fires throughout Los Angeles.Â
Although many celebrities have been devastated by the fires, countless more people who are not wealthy or famous have been displaced by the deadly blazes.
Last week, DailyMail.com learned that Affleck has ‘no plans’ to attend the upcoming Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where his ex Jennifer Lopez’s remake of Kiss Of The Spider Woman will be premiering.
Ben was a producer on the project, just like he was on her recent film Unstoppable, but he has opted to sit out their publicity campaigns to let his ex shine.
