WILDFIRES. GOOD EVENING, I AM JUAN FERNANDEZ. PAT HARVEY IS OFF TONIGHT. SWALLOWED UP BY THE EARTH AND ROLLING HILLS ESTATES. TWO DAYS AFTER DEVASTATING PLANS LIKE AND BUILDINGS ON THE HILLSIDE ARE SLOWLY CRUMBLING. THE DISASTERS ON FULLY WHERE A DOZEN HOMES INSIDE A GATED COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. LESLEY MARIN IS THERE LIVE AT CITY HALL WHERE A MEETING WITH RESIDENTS TOOK PLACE. >> RESIDENTS MET WITH CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE MEETING LASTED NEARLY THREE HOURS. WE SPOK TO SOME AS THEY WERE WORKING OUT, WE ASKED THEM HOW IT WENT. MANY TELLING US WELL, WE STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, EVERY MI MINUTE, THAT HILLSIDE IS MOVING. >> THAT HOUSE WAS LITERALLY BROKEN INTO HALF LIKE THIS. >> COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS RETURNED TO PAIR TREE LANE MONDAY AFTERNOON WHERE TONIGHT 12 HOMES CONTINUE TO SLIDE DOWN THIS HILLSIDE AND 16 MORE NOW AT RISK. >> EVERYTHING IS COLLAPSING. THEY ARE ALL FALLING, THE FORCE OF GRAVITY IS TAKING THEM. THEY WILL ALL EVENTUALLY GO. >> DRONE VIDEO SHOWS TOWN HOMES RIPPED FROM THEIR DRIVEWAYS, COLLAPSED ROOFS, BROKEN WINDOWS AND EVEN A BUCKLE CHAMBLEE. DEBORAH HAS WATCHED THE DESTRUCTION SINCE IT STARTED 48 HOURS AGO. >> THERE WAS A MINOR CRACK I COULD SEE WHERE I LIVED YESTERDAY MORNING AND LATER IN THE DAY IT SPLIT. >> MONDAY SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN SAID HOMES MOVED ANOTHER 20 FIT BUT OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS AND OF THE HOMES GO DOWN, WHAT ELSE WILL GO DOWN WITH IT? >> WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS ROAD WE ARE STANDING ON WON'T BE HERE IN A WEEK AND THAT'S WHY EVERYONE IS WAITING ON THE GEOLOGIST TO GIVE US EXPERT OPINIONS BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE FEELINGS BUT THEY ARE NOT BASED ON FACT OR SCI SCIENCE. >> IT TO COME OUT TO EXAMINE THE HELP. SHE CONFIRMED -- >> IT'S UP TO THE HOA TO HIRE THE GEOLOGIST BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATE BECAUSE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES ARE NOT MOVING YET WOULD ALSO LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY CAN DO TO SHORE UP. >> SHE VOLUNTARILY LEFT WITH HER KIDS SUNDAY AFTER THIS VIDEO FROM HER FRONT DOOR OF THE HOME SHE BOUGHT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. >> WE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS HOW BAD IS GOING TO BE. >> A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THOSE WHO LOST EVERYTHING. THE COUNTY ASSESSOR WHO TOURED THE DAMAGES ALREADY WORKING TO MAKE SURE HOMEOWNERS WON'T HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES ONE TIME. >> THERE ARE NO IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S A TOTAL LOSS AND THE LAND BENEATH THEM WILL BE I HILLSIDE SO WHEN WE ARE DONE, THEY WILL HAVE NOMINAL VALUE. >> SUPERVISOR ON DID SAY HE REACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR IN HOPES OF DECLARING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH MEANS MORE RESOURCES AND MONEY COULD BE BROUGHT IN.
