Total Destruction: Family Surveys Ashes Of Home Lost To Wildfire

The Dodson family's home outside of Estacada, Oregon was completely destroyed by the Riverside fire. KGW's Mike Benner reports.

ESTACADA, Ore. (NBC News) — Late Tuesday, for the second time since last week, the Dodson family returned to their rental property, or what is left of it, in rural Estacada, Oregon.

“It’s still a dream, a nightmare, I hope to wake up from,” said John Dodson. “It’ll probably be the same outcome.”

Dodson and his family evacuated last Tuesday. Flames from the Riverside Fire then engulfed their more than 3,000 square foot home. It was reduced to nothing more than a pile of rubble.

“A whole lot of things that are replaceable,” said Dodson. “It’s better than it could’ve been.”

It is remarkable that Dodson is as positive as he is. 2020 has not been kind to the Dodsons. Earlier this year, Dodson’s wife, Stephanie, suffered a spinal cord injury. She is currently paralyzed from the waist down.

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