alerts. a brush fire in maui again forcing residents to evacuate yesterday. but, this time early sirens helped people get to safely quickly the fire was under control in a few hours. the island is still facing a long road ahead after the devastating fires earlier this month left at least 115 dead. a pastor from the island joined us earlier to talk about what he saw. >> and think what was happening in the middle of that chaos as there were so many things at play and nobody knew which one to actually focus on. that caused all of the confusion. it turned into the nightmare of what we are experiencing right now. >> and local support in the and emergency response for yesterday brushfire was handled much differently. part sirens went off everyone got alert on the from the television screens flashed a red warning very little of what happened. >> will and i are going to go off the wall here shortly and break down even more that.
campeche. officials in hawaii are taking extra precautions in the wake of the deadly wildfires. yesterday in the neighborhood were ordered to evacuate due to a brushfire. that order has lifted. more than two weeks after the deadly wildfire, they are still trying to figure out the cause and they are claiming the power company's inaction caused loss of life. the co-lead counsel on behalf of the deadly california wildfires in 2017 and 2018, he helped to secure a settlement against one of the power companies for its mismanagement of operations. frank, thank you so. in a lawsuit filed thursday, maui county alleges that the
Rene Garcia says he intends to rebuild his family's home, damaged in early August when a brushfire took out his back fence and spread onto his property.
it happened at around 6:30 earlier this morning. i just want to talk to that video and show you a little bit of what we're seeing here. i spoke to the man who filmed that video. he said he was driving to the airport, normal day really, normal sunday morning and then he saw this huge plume of smoke. he thought it might have been a brushfire initially but then he hit that bump right behind me, that southbound bump and he realized something was going on. by the time he got home, he realized how extreme it had been. the northbound lane of i had much -- of i-95, the southbound lane still compromised. city officials are saying this all starts because a tanker truck was underneath this overpass where we're standing. the on-ramp on to i-95 and that tanker truck caught fire. that fire got intensely hot and part of the highway here collapsed. it's been a bit of a chaotic
High temperatures and drivers are causing brushfires along roadsides in Tucson. Golder Ranch Battalion Chief shares ways to prevent more flames from happening.