The area was so unstable. The mud was too thick and deep. First responders were forced to retreat for their own safety. Some of them went in, literally got caught up to their armpits had to be dragged out by ropes themselves. Reporter the sheer size of the slide, a square mile in total was beyond what anyone here could imagine. All i could see was debris. Far as i could see. Here is the hill before. And then after the catastrophe. An a wall of mud and debris. Cant get ahold of my grandma. And there may be more danger to come. Disaster might come downstream. Now the fear is all that pent up water from the river pooling behind the mud. Which could lead to flooding. This is a river. That is dumping into a lake. It is continuing to fill up. And it is eventually going to go. Residents have win warned to prepare for evacuations on short notice while the search for survivors some where in this mass of mud continues. Fire destroyed a building today. It started as a grass fire around 4 30 this