The Houston Texans - San Diego Chargers game will be played in San Diego as scheduled Sunday afternoon, according to CBS and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders..

AP

“Early Friday morning the Chargers informed me that the NFL has decided to play Sunday’s game as scheduled at Qualcomm Stadium,” Sanders said in a press release. “The City will be able to provide sufficient public safety personnel to manage a professional football game without impeding ongoing wildfire recovery efforts.”

The Texans plan to leave for San Diego on Saturday.

The game will be carried on KHOU/CBS at 3:05 p.m.

The more than 10,000 wildfire evacuees who were staying in Qualcomm Stadium started heading home, and only 350 remained Friday morning.

The shelter will close later on Friday.

Pro Bowl fullback Lorenzo Neal said the situation at home dwarfs any concern about where a football game would be played.

“It’s just that four years later you’re in the same situation,” Neal said after Thursday’s practice. “You work so hard to build your dream home and your life and everything is gone in a matter of hours—memories that you can’t replace, pictures and different things that can’t be replaced even if you do have insurance.”

Some 46 players, coaches and staff members had to evacuate their suburban homes starting early Monday morning. Among them were Turner, quarterback Philip Rivers, running back LaDainian Tomlinson, linebacker Shawne Merriman, and general manager A.J.  Smith.

As far as anyone knew, none of those homes had burned.

“It is home, and obviously we care about our community,” quarterback Philip Rivers said. “A lot of people are going through a tough time. Hopefully we can get back there as soon as we can, but right now we’re focusing on getting a win.”

The team canceled practice Monday, then flew to Phoenix on Tuesday night. They were staying in a north Phoenix hotel and taking buses across the city to the Cardinals’ facility.

Turner was pleased that the team had such a good workout after a poor practice on Wednesday. The Chargers had the facility to themselves Thursday because the Cardinals have a bye week.

“I thought our guys had great energy,” Turner said. “I thought they did a good job of focusing in on Houston and focusing on the things we have to do.”