Trigo Fire evacuees return to burned area

HEARTBREAKING NEWS FOR OTHERS. RESIDENTS FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE TRIGO FIRE FIND OUT IF...  More »

HEARTBREAKING NEWS FOR OTHERS. RESIDENTS FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE TRIGO FIRE FIND OUT IF THEY STILL HAVE A HOME. TORRANCE COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HELD MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO TELL PEOPLE WHICH PROPERTIES WERE WIPED OUT BY FIRE. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE IN TORREON WITH OUR TOP STORY. PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THE SHERWOOD FOREST SUBDIVISION NOW KNOW WHICH HOMES ARE NO LONGER STANDING BUT THEY SAY THEY WANT TO SEE THE DAMAGE FOR THEMSELVES. COUNTY OFFICIALS GAVE THE BAD NEWS THIS MORNING ABOUT WHICH PROPERTIES WERE LOST IN THE FIRE. THE MEETING AT THE OLD COURTHOUSE IN ESTANCIA INCLUDED GRIEF COUNCILORS AND MEDICAL TEAMS TO HELP RESIDENTS DEAL WITH THE DEVASTATING NEWS. EVEN THOUGH THEY NOW KNOW THE FATE OF THEIR HOMES, MOST RESIDENTS ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED BACK TO THEIR PROPERTIES JUST YET. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE AREA OF THE SHERWOOD FOREST SUBDIVISION IS STILL TOO DANGEROUS. RESIDENTS SAY THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO SEE WHAT BELONGINGS THEY CAN SALVAGE FROM THE RUBBLE. 'I've got so much stuff that i've treasured, 60 years of living man, that's a lot of important stuff to me.'EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED FOR THE COMMUNITES OF TORREON AND TAJIQUE BUT THE SHERWOOD FOREST AREA IS STILL OFF LIMITS. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY ONCE AGAIN, THE WINDS ARE COOPERATING TODAY. THE FIRE IS 45 PERCENT CONTAINED AFTER IT TORCHED MORE THAN 13 THOUSAND, FIVE- HUNDRED ACRES. LIVE IN TORREON ...VC...EWN 4.  « Less