ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. VIRGINIA. THANK YOU, VANESSA. AS FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THE BORDER. 32 FIRE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, HAVE GATHERED AT EVACUATION CENTERS. ABC, 10 NEWS REPORTER MARIE CORNELL AND PHOTOGRAPHER LYLA MCCARTY SHARE NEIGHBORS STORIES AS THEY WAIT TO HEAR WHETHER THEIR HOMES ARE STILL STANDING. >> FOR MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE. HIGH SCHOOL HAS BECOME THEIR TEMPORARY HOME AS THEY WAIT TO FIND OUT THE IMPACT THE BALL. 32 FIRE HAS HAD. >> ON THEIR PROPERTY AND BELONGINGS. >> JUST SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH. YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER EASY. AND THE BATTER, THE HARDEST PART IS NOT KNOWING FOR SERGIO GARCIA, HE TAKES COMFORT IN KNOWING HIS WIFE, PARENTS AND SON MADE IT OUT OF THEIR PATROL HOME, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING THESE PICTURES. THEY TOOK SHOWING HOW CLOSE THE FIRE WAS GETTING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH THEY WERE ABLE TO GRAB SOME BELONGINGS. THEY HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND THEIR 2 HORSES. >> WE HAVE A LIVESTOCK TO OUR FORCES THAT ARE SOME OF THE WORST ON THE PROPERTY. WE GOT TO THE GATE WITH RANCH OPEN. THEY NEEDED. AND RIGHT NOW THEY CAN. RIGHT NOW, AS FOR RUBEN LAW, DOES MUD WAS A SIMILAR STORY. >> HE WAS AT WORK WHEN HE GOT A CALL ABOUT MANDATORY EVACUATIONS AT HIS HOUSE. HIS FAMILY RUSHED TO MOUNTAIN EMPIRE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE EVACUATION SITES RUN BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. RUBIN SAYS, THOUGH, THIS IS A STRESSFUL TIME BEING WITH HIS NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MAKES IT BEARABLE. YEAH, DEFINITELY. IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO COPE WITH OTHERS. AND THEN THERE'S RUNNING FOR CUBA WHO SAYS HE LOST EVERYTHING. >> THE STEP MOM SAYS SHE SAW EVERYTHING BURN AS SHE CALLED 9-1-1 FOR HELP. SHE COULD HEAR THINGS BLOWING UP AND >> YOU KNOW, ALL MY TOOLS, EVERYTHING. MY SERVICE TRUCKS. >> LONNIE IS THANKFUL HIS FAMILY MADE IT OUT IN TIME. BUT NOW YOU MUST DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. >> EVERYTHING ELSE. >> YOU >> CAN ALWAYS REPLACE IT. I MEAN, I TAKE I GOT TO TAKE EVERYTHING LIKE GRAIN OF SALT. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO HELP THESE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED, YOU'RE ASKED TO CONTACT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS REPORTING FROM PINE VALLEY. MURRAY CORNELL, ABC, 10 NEWS. >> MEANWHILE, CALTRANS SAYS THESE ROADS ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THE RESPONSE THEY ARE THE EASTBOUND TIE LAKES ROAD EASTBOUND 94 AT MARIN VALLEY ROAD. THE WESTBOUND 94 ALSO AFFECTED AT PATROL VALLEY ROAD BORDER PATROL AND ICE AND FIRE. THAT'S A HARD CLOSE AND AT FIRE GATE ROAD AS WELL. THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO WANTS TO REMIND