It's just mind boggling, Paul, to think that somebody could actually intentionally start a fire that would cause this much damage. Not only property damage, but as I understand it from an update I received last night, I knew of two fatalities earlier last week, and I heard last night there may be more. that people just could not get out or may have been stuck in their homes or their cars. And that's just. That's just so unfortunate. (04:11–04:18)
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Asserts knowledge of two fatalities from the Ruidoso fire and reports of potentially more.
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