errol? firefighters in washington state are trying to tame a wildfire that s already roared through an entire neighborhood. dan simon shows us startling before and after images. reporter: this is how things looked before the fire and this is what it looks like now. the aftermath of a fast-moving blaze that took out two dozen homes in one night. this is drone video as the flames came down a canyon and ignited a multitude of houses. it came really fast didn t it? extremely fast. i can t believe the storm the fire creates. reporter: one of the homes belonged to keith new berry. returning to the house he lived in with his wife and three children. is there anything that you were able to save? we saved our pictures and took our computer tower because it has all of our important stuff on it. and the rest of it is
looked before the fire and this is what it looks like now. the aftermath of a fast-moving blaze that took out two dozen homes in a single night. this is video captured by a local resident as the flames came barreling down a canyon and then igniting a multitude of houses. it came really fast, didn t it? yeah. extremely fast. i can t believe the storm a fire creates. reporter: one of the houses belonged to keith newberry. the 44-year-old returning to the house he lived in with his wife and three children. is there anything you were able to save? i mean, we saved our pictures and took our computer tower because it has all of our important stuff on it. the rest is replaceable. reporter: he became emotional thinking about his youngest daughter. a 9-year-old. she was in a swimsuit. we re not the only ones. it is happening for years and years and years. be strong and rebuild. reporter: a waffle fire coming over a canyon with flying embers landing in all direction. the flames wer
houses. it came really fast didn t it? yeah. extremely fast. i can t believe the storm a fire creates. reporter: one of the houses belonged to keith newberry. the 44-year-old returning to the house he lived in with his wife and three children. is there anything you were able to save? i mean we saved our pictures and took our computer tower because it has all of our important stuff on it. the rest is replaceable. reporter: he became emotional thinking about his youngest daughter. a 9-year-old. she was in a swimsuit. we re not the only ones. it is happening for years and years and years. be strong and rebuild. reporter: at waffle fire coming over a canyon with flying embers landing in all direction. the flames were just they
we saved our pictures and took our computer tower. the rest of it is replaceable? the county public works department he becomes emotional when thinking about his youngest daughter. we re not the on ones that s happened to. we have to be strong and rebuild. authorities are still assessing the destruction, but at least 3,000 homes were charred along with the two dozen homes that were destroyed. fire crews say there may be something of a silver lining. a lot of times we focus on structures lost. we have to remember through the works of the crews and agencies here locally, there s many structures that were saved out there. we re glad none of them got hurt. they tried to help us all out. he plans to rebuild in the same spot. we ll be sitting on the back patio bbqing and have the house the way we wanted it.