The entire city was under a mandatory evacuation and almost no homes were spared damage.
He has also issued a mandatory evacuation on residents in affected areas.
"We don't have a huge population in our city, but I think that the mandatory evacuation is working."
The Capitol police called it the first ever complete and mandatory evacuation of the complex.
A mandatory evacuation was imposed upon its residents for about two weeks.
Residents were given a mandatory evacuation on August 28, 2005, the first time one has ever been ordered.
The problem with mandatory evacuations in Florida is that everyone knows they're voluntary.
But please, no hurricane parties in any area with a mandatory evacuation.
The fire prompted mandatory evacuations of homes in the area.
"If the storm heads north, we'll have to make evacuation mandatory."