[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

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Joni
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We had a fire yesterday that severely damaged my three trees in the backyard.  A 5 year old turkey fig, a 4 year old apricot, and a 10-13 year old seedless ash.  (They were 4 ft. high "sticks" when I planted them.) The fig is half charred to white on the branches and the rest is crumbly leaves.  The trunk looks untouched.  The apricot is crumbly leaves and the bark is peeling away from the trunk.  The ash is half crumbly leaves and half okay leaves but the bark is peeling away from the trunk.  I've got water dripping at their bases but am I just wasting water or will they survive like my neighbor assured me?