text:  I mean, most people left when the wildfires that started this whole thing back in mid-June got bad. When they hit, the whole village was placed under mandatory evacuation. So that was about 8,000 people. And an estimated 1,400 structures were lost in the fires, which burned over 25,000 acres. But all things considered, people were allowed to return pretty quickly to assess the damage and begin preparing for the height of Rio Doso's tourist season.