Trigo Fire evacuees return to burned area

SEVERAL DAYS -- THE TRIGO FIRE DESTROYED 50 HOMES. TODAY -- SOME HOMEOWNERS WORST FEARS WERE C...  More »

SEVERAL DAYS -- THE TRIGO FIRE DESTROYED 50 HOMES. TODAY -- SOME HOMEOWNERS WORST FEARS WERE CONFIRMED -- AS OFFICIALS TOLD RESIDENTS WHICH PROPERTIES WERE CLAIMED BY THE FLAMES. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE IN TORREON WITH REACTION FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO GOT A FIRST LOOK AT THEIR SCORCHED HOMES. VALERIE? SOME RESIDENTS HAD HOPE YESTERDAY THAT THEIR HOMES WOULD STILL BE STANDING. THAT HOPE DISAPPEARED FOR SOME TODAY WHEN THEY LEARNED THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE DEBRIS TO GO BACK TO... 'I have every reason to believe that its probably burned up.' THE DAY BEGAN WITH DOUBT...AND BAD NEWS. 'CRYING...''I went for coffee and bought a paper and this is it.' FOR MEL BEALMEAR ...THE GROUND IS STILL SMOLDERING ON THE LAND WHERE HIS FAMILY CABIN ONCE STOOD. THE CABIN IS NOW A PILE OF ASHES AND THE ONLY THING STILL STANDING IS THE CHIMNEY AMID A WASTELAND OF RUBBLE. BEALMEAR'S NEPHEW SAYS HE SAW THE FIRE TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE HOUSE A FEW DAYS AGO. 'I think it was Thursday, Wednesday or Thursday I saw it catching on fire on the news.' NOW, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAVE... 'There's the sink, the sink went that way and the stove went that way also.' AND NOT MUCH FOR LOOTERS TO TAKE. 'What is there to steal?, it's pretty much gone, I don't see what anybody can steal besides fire wood.' BEALMEAR SAYS LOSING THE CABIN THAT HIS FATHER BOUGHT 60 YEARS AGO IS DISHEARTENING BUT HE'S DOING HIS BEST TO JUSTIFY THE LOSS. 'Very saddening but you know its not as shocking as it would be, it was a very old cabin and it needed a lot of help.'BEALMEAR IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEIR PROPERTY. THE SHERWOOD FOREST SUBDIVISION IS STILL DANGEROUS AND OFF LIMITS TO RESIDENTS. LIVE IN TORREON... VALERIE CASTRO...EWN 4. SOME EVACUEES  « Less