Anne Heche

Anne Heche died due to smoke inhalation and thermal injuries one week after a devastating car crash on Aug. 5.

(Fields clarified to the station that this was in reference to the owner of the home, not Heche.) "I am grateful for their love, as I am for the support of my Dad, Coley, and my stepmom Alexi who continue to be my rock during this time. "Over those six days, thousands of friends, family, and fans made their hearts known to me," he says. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom." [NBC4](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/) published timestamped audio file recordings of the Los Angeles Fire Department's response to getting the 53-year-old actress to safety after she [crashed her Mini Cooper](https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-critical-condition-after-fiery-car-crash-la-home-reports/) into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood on Aug. The recordings reveal that firefighters couldn't get to Heche's car for at least 20 minutes, and that it took another 20 minutes to pull the vehicle from the fiery home.

The Los Angeles Fire Department was unable to get Anne Heche out of the burning home she crashed her car into for 45 minutes, records show.

[Heche died](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/12/anne-heche-dead-at-53-after-car-crash/) on Aug. 11 that Heche had “suffered a severe anoxic brain injury” and that she was [“not expected to survive.”](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/12/anne-heche-not-expected-to-survive-car-crash/) [ kept on life support ](https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/anne-heche-matched-with-organ-recipient-will-be-taken-off-life-support/)to determine whether she was a match. [crashed her Mini Cooper into](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/05/actress-anne-heche-severely-burned-in-fiery-car-crash/) for 45 minutes as it burned, records reveal. While the firefighters believed at 11:18 a.m. According to the recordings, the LAFD arrived at 11:01 a.m.

Fire department records showed that Anne Heche was trapped for nearly an hour in the burning home she crashed her car into — read more.

She was also the mother of son Atlas, 13, whom she shared with ex [James Tupper](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/james-tupper-emily-bergl-slam-rumors-anne-heche-was-crazy/). Heche shared Homer, 20, with ex-husband [Coleman “Coley” Laffoon](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-ex-coleman-laffoon-shares-emotional-tribute-video/). [the Wag the Dog actress died without a will](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heche-died-without-a-will-son-requests-to-be-charge-of-estate/). The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner later confirmed that the Volcano star [died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-cause-of-death-revealed-details/). “The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs — Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper. “Heavy smoke conditions, heavy fire conditions, which makes it very difficult for us to just see each other on the inside of a working structure fire.”

LA Fire Department records and radio communications indicate that it took rescuers 20 minutes to locate Anne Heche inside her burning car, and another 25 ...

Heche was finally taken out of the car at 11:49 a.m. He’s also petitioning the court to name him a guardian over his 13-year-old brother, Atlas. — five minutes after Heche lost control of her car and plowed into the private home. Her eldest son, 20-year-old Homer Laffoon, on Wednesday filed documents seeking to take control of his mother’s estate. After determining Heche was alive, firefighters brought in a tow truck to pull her Mini Cooper — with the actress still inside — out of the home. [obtained by NBC Los Angeles ](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/)showed it took firefighters 25 minutes to locate Heche trapped inside her mangled car in the inferno — and another 20 minutes to pull her to safety.

The official coroner's report disclosed that the late actress died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries a week later on Aug. 12.

12](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-dead-53-crash-obituary/). A coroner's report revealed that [Heche died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-cause-death-smoke-inhalation-thermal-injuries/). She was [in a coma](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-coma-critical-condition-after-car-crash/) from Aug. Heche was pulled from the wreckage using heavy towing equipment around 11:49 a.m before being loaded into an ambulance for treatment. local time, with one firefighter discovering "a person stuck inside the vehicle," per the outlet. "Given the heavy fire and smoke conditions, it wasn't that you could clearly see into the vehicle or clearly be able to access it," LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields told NBC4.

Firefighters battled flames and smoke to extract Hollywood actor after her car crashed into building in Los Angeles last month.

The car and the house burst into flames. She was injured when her car jumped a curb and smashed into a west Los Angeles house on 5 August. [died](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/17/anne-heche-death-ruled-accidental) from inhalation injury and burns, having also sustained a broken sternum in the crash, and the death was ruled an accident, according to coroner’s results released a few days after she was [taken off life support](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/15/anne-heche-peacefully-taken-off-life-support-after-death-announcement) in hospital.

Homer Laffoon, Heche's son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother's estate.

She was [declared brain dead](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-family-says-rcna42152) on Aug. [Heche was driving](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actress-anne-heche-critically-injured-los-angeles-crash-rcna41824) jumped a curb, smashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames. She had a son with each.

Heche's son with her ex-husband files a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting that he be allowed to administer her estate.

She had a son with each. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets. On Aug.

Homer Laffoon, Anne Heche's older son, is asking for control over his late mother's estate, as she did ...

The actress had completed the filming of a movie about sex trafficking, set to be released on Sep. “Any information or records that have been requested prior to this turn of events will still be collected as they arrive as a matter of formalities and included in the overall case. “As of today, there will be no further investigative efforts made in this case,” the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Aug. “Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. She was in a coma after hospitalization and was not expected to survive. Laffoon also filed a petition asking that someone be appointed to represent his brother’s interests in court.