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The dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. >> we just didn't know and we couldn't get anybody to tell us. >> finally, richard gets the call he's been waiting for. >> two weeks later, someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. >> the fire has died down just across the road from richard's home. >> the fire was about 150 yards from where i'm standing right here. if you look straight over there, you can still see where it's kind of burnt and it just went right on past us. >> but others aren't so lucky. in a sad twist, the friend that del...

>> all the while, richard is in the dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. >> we just didn't know and we couldn't get anybody to tell us. >> finally, richard gets the call he's been waiting for. >> two weeks later, someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. >> the fire has died down just across the road from richard's home. >> the fire was about 150 yards from where i'm standing right here. if you look straight over there, you can still see where it's kind of burnt and it just went right on past us. >> but others aren't so lucky. in ...

>> for two weeks, there was a continued breakout of fires. we could not get back in. >> all the while, richard is in the dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. >> we just didn't know and we couldn't get anybody to tell us. >> finally, richard gets the call he's been waiting for. >> two weeks later, someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. >> the fire has died down just across the road from richard's home. >> the fire was about 150 yards from where i'm standing right here. if you look straight over there, you can still see where it'...

Bastrop residents who come home to heartbreak, brian returns to find nothing but a foundation and charred memories. >> this is just one of 1,600 homes that burned. so this story repeats itself 1,599 other times. fire can take everything you got, just like that. >> the historic blaze claims the lives of two bastrop county residents and consumes 34,000 acres. richard counts his blessings. and because he stayed behind and filmed, his footage can now be used by the texas forest service to better understand the path the fire took. even so, he has a word of warning for those who find themselves in t...

>> all the while, richard is in the dark, not knowing whether his home is still standing. >> we just didn't know and we couldn't get anybody to tell us. >> finally, richard gets the call he's been waiting for. >> two weeks later someone was able to check the neighborhood. they told us that our house was still there. >> the fire has died down just across the road from richard's home. >> the fire was about 150 yards from where i'm standing right here. if you look straight over there, you can still see where it's kind of burnt and it just went right over us. >> but others aren't so lucky. in a sa...