Information for evacuees
Tom Kempton, a Battalion Chief from the Anchorage Fire Department who has come to the San Bernardino Mountains to show the news media around the wildfires, said officials could visit the evacuees at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino as early as Thursday to let provide information on how badly properties have been damaged.
Wednesday morning, officials said 100 homes were destroyed by the Grass Valley Fire. Kempton said that number is likely to climb not because more houses burned down on Wednesday, but because assessment crews visitied the area to gain more accurate information on how extensive the damage is.
Wednesday night that there's still no expectation of when evacuees will be alllowed back up the hill.
"It's going to be a while. And the problem with that is there's no utilities," Kempton said.
Telephone lines and wires were still strewn around several Green Valley Lake area streets Wednesday. The word from residents who stayed in the area is that water pressure is still low. Also on Wednesday, several