Trigo Fire evacuees remain out of homes

JUST HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST IS NOT KNOWN -- BUT ITS CERTAIN SEVERAL FAMILIES ARE GOING TO...  More »

JUST HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST IS NOT KNOWN -- BUT ITS CERTAIN SEVERAL FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE DEVASTATED WHEN THEY ARE FINALLY ALLOWED IN TO SEE THE DAMAGE. SHELTON DODSON CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE.... TODAY HE SPOKE WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT ... SHELTON: FOREST COMMUNITY ARE HOLDING OUT LITTLE HOPE TONIGHT THAT THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPARED. WHILE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD OF THAT ... THEY KNEW WHEN THEY SAW THIS WALL OF FIRE RACE RIGHT AT THEM YESTERDAY IT WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEIR HOMES TO BE MI PINES ROAD WERE HIT -- THAT IT'S INFORMATION THEY COULD TODAY DURING A DANGEROUS FOR CREWS TO INSPECT THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO GET DEFINITIVE WORD. BUT TWO MEN WE TALKED TO ARE CONFIDENT THEIR HOUSES ARE GONE... BASED ON WHAT THEY SAW AS THEY RAN FOR THEIR LIVES YESTERDAY: : 'When we were packing up it was like four jet engines as the fire roared, that is the sound that dominated the area.' : 'Raced in, got the donkeys loose, tried to gather all the were able to get three of five vehicles down the about a one percent chance of still being there.' ANYONE WHO EVACUATED THEIR HOMES ARE BEING URGED TO COME TO ESTANCIA TO CHECK IN. : 'Raced in, got the donkeys loose, tried to gather all the animals we could. We got one out of five dogs, don't know about the cats. We were able to get three of five vehicles down the mountain, literally raced the flames down the mountain. I would give it about a one percent chance of still being there.' ANYONE WHO EVACUATED THEIR HOMES ARE BEING URGED TO COME TO ESTANCIA TO CHECK IN. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO GET A HEAD COUNT AND GET PHONE NUMBERS SO RESIDENTS CAN BE CALLED ONCE THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED. A RESIDENT OF SHERWOOD FOREST TOLD ME -- BY HIS COUNT -- THERE ARE 11 YEAR-ROUND HOMES THERE AND ANOTHER 19 CABINS. A MAN WHO SAW THAT AREA AFTER THE FIRE TORE THROUGH SAYS 85 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY IS GONE. REPORTING LIVE FROM ESTANCIA..., SHELTON DODSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.  « Less