Collier County residents assess damages left behind by massive brush fire flames

Collier County family says they lost 10 cars, 4 work trailers in massive brush fire.

INDIVIDUAL SERVING PACKETS OFITEMS INCLUDING NUTS, PROTEBARS AND GRANOLA.FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ JOINS USLIVE FROM THE GOLDEN GAESTATES AREA WHERE SHE SPOKWITH NEIGHBORS OF THE DAMAGELEFT BEHIND... SANDRA?WELL, TODAY AS I WAS TALKING TOPEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THEAFFECTED AREAS IN THE GOLDENGATE ESTATES AREA WE SAW A LOTOF FIRE CREWS STILL WORKING TOPUT OUT FLAREUPS WHERE THE BRUSHFIRE ALREADY WENT THROUGH..NEIGHBORS TELLS ME IT’S ALREADYHARD ENOUGH TO BE GOING THROUGHTHE COVID-19 CRISIS RIGHT NOW...BUT NONE THE LESS THEY REMAINHOPEFULLY.20:11 - 26:43*NATS* "It’ was all trees,grass, all our stuff, we hadactually just redone so"A SEA ASHES IS WHAT’S LEFTBEHIND AFTER THE BRUSH FIBLAZED THROUGH BEV ROGERS’PROPERTY YESTERDAY LOCATED JUSTOFF EVERGLADES BOULEVARD SOUTH10 CARS AND 4 TRAILERS WITH WORKEQUIPMENT COMPLETELY DESTROYED3:13:04 - 3:19:37SOT(Bev Rogers, Golden GateEstates):"You could hear it, the treeswere burning, you could heareverything popping.

Once itstarted, trucks and trailers, Ihad wheels blowing out."ROGERS MADE SURE ALL HER FAMILYEVACUATED BUT SHE STAYED BACK...ONLY THING LEFT STANDING ON HER2-ACRE PROPERTY IS HER HOME51:43 - 55:20"We’ve been in the same placfor 27 years, this is the thirdfire we’ve gone through."ROGERS SAYS IT IS HEARTBREAKINGTO SEE THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND,BUT IT’S PART OF LIVING IN THEESTATES AREA2:29:22 - 2:42:42SOT(Bev Rogers, Golden GateEstates):"There’s really not much you cansay after all the years outhere, you kinda prepare for ityou get ready but there’s no wayto really prepare for how fastit runs."THE FLAMES SPREADING SO QUICKLY━ GIVING SOME NEIGHBOR JUSTMINUTES TO EVACUATE.42:04(JEREMY BOHALL, LIVES IN GOLDENGATE ESTATES AREA):"It took about 15 minutes fromthe time they told us toevacuate, there were flames ahundred feet tall back there inthe trees."FORTUNATELY BOHALL’S PROPERTYDIDN’T RECEIVE ANY DAMAGES1:45:55(JEREMY BOHALL, LIVES IN GOLDENGATE ESTATES AREA):"At the end of the day you getall your people out, and you’resafe, that’s all that counts."1:01:02SOT(Fransico Oliva, Lives in GoldenGate Estates Area:"It was like a firestorm, that’swhat it was like, the wind justcame and in less than tminutes all of this wasburning."OLIVA CHOSE NOT TO EVACUATE HESTAYED BEHIND TO KEEP AN EYE ONHIS PROPERTY BUT ALSO HELPOTHERS━ RESCUING HIS NEIGHBOR’SDOGS AS THE FLAMES GOT CLOSER3:00:31SOT(Fransico Oliva, Lives in GoldenGate Estates Are:"Everyone in this block, we’relike family.OLIVA LOST SEVERAL TRAILERS ANDA GARAGE IN THE BRUSH FIRE BUTHE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC OF THEFUTURE6:42:03SOT(Fransico Oliva, Lives in GoldenGate Estates Area):"It’s going to be a challengebut that’s what life is aboutchallenges, and we’re stron