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Hey everyone, first post here.

I've been having the time of my life the past year or so acquiring nursery stock and learning about the ins and outs of when to do what with a particular species, and I've been seeing really good results! However, this morning I got a call saying the apartment across our lawn was up in flames, and my bonsais were about 40 feet away from the inferno. To give you an idea of how hot it was, the vinyl siding on my apartment (about 5 feet further from the fire than my bonsai bench) melted clean off.

In terms of damage to the plants, it varies. My laceleaf maple got the worst of it and has less than a dozen green leaves left on it, but everything is showing some sign of extreme heat damage, some much worse than others. Lots of browning and shriveled leaves. I have no intention of giving up on these little guys, but I'm feeling incredibly disheartened at the moment. In a very general sense, if there's still green leaves and healthy shoots, will they survive? Anyone who has experience with something like this, or really any general encouragement of any kind would be most welcome.

They look pretty bad indeed.
But don't give up: care, watering, and a good dose of luck will make them all survive. Forests catch fire sometimes and most of the trees make it after all!

I'm very sorry, hope everything goes ok and they make it.

Would you suggest continued fertilizing for the more damaged trees?

Oh, the nightmare.
Often plants can take a lot of damage before giving in. For now, just water sparingly (After all, the plants do not have a lot of active leaves!) and wait. The plants will tell you very soon which direction each of the will go.

Most likely, you will loose some of the fine brancing. But life lower may have been sheltered enough. Time. Time will tell.

Any suggestions in terms of fertilizing and pruning of the affected areas? should I let them be for now, or prune them back?

Let is be for now. No fertilizer untill you see healthy growth. Plants have loads of storage.