it out of their home. dan simon is in colorado springs. what have we learned about the two who didn t make it? reporter: that situation you had two people who were trying to flee the fire and apparently they got caught up. they stayed too long and found in the garage. the car doors were still open. i want to turn now to the el paso county sheriff. this is the guy who overseas this community. you re overseeing this effort. everybody who is seeing these pictures, these incredible pictures of those houses going up in flames you can t help but be impact bid that and the question everybody wants to know is how are you doing now? it s been a challenging week. it s been full of roller coaster rides and some things that are very disheartening. obviously, the death of two of our citizens.
i think about what their families are going through. the pain and what they re experiencing but we re a resilient community and we will get through this. we ll get this fire put out and that community is really the definition when we talk about the black forest community of really bringing to the true meaning of the word, community. they will rebuild and recover. you said a short time ago you my you may have turned a corner. what did you mean? i feel like last night was real optimistic. witnessing it myself in comparison with the two previous nights, i was very encouraged. i got up this morning and saw the clover and loud cover and i today is our opportunity to turn the corner and start gaining ground on this. i think we ll do it in leaps and bounds. the fire did not seem to