Oh. Oh, my god. Fox news alert. The Hawaiian Island of maui has burned beyond recognition. Devastating wildfires have roaredthslandeyond across the ie and residents compare it to the apocalypse. Ntat least 53 people have been killed already with the death toll expected to increase significantly. Dozens more are missing as thede island now resembles a war zonne. Oh, my gosh. Look a oh, mt the harbor. Baok a oh, mt the harbor. This looks like baghdad or something. The historic popular Vacation Town of lahaina is almost unrecognizable. Thousands of people have evacuated it, leaving behind Charcoal Cars and homes. Rescuegnizable crews are workind the clock to fight the fire. Joe bidens asking for 12 billion in fema aid to help hawaii. The scorched islands home to everyone from surfersg ev to workers, retirees. Even Oprah Winfrey owns a home surfe. Rah winfrey owns a home the devastation will take years to recover from. Lets turn it over to traceac gallagher, anchor of fox news at night with the latest traceel. And, jesse, these really were like firestorms coming through. We should begin by saying is the damage is certainly widespread. And the images, as you sawwides there, were astonishing. T ri but right now, that is Theght C Second biggest concern, because there are still hundreds of people missing still hu. Families and neighbors are now using google documents, trying to locatsingents to e their lovh although we should note thatt Cell Phone Service is not working on much of maui. And thats also a factor when youre trying to find people. For now, as you mentioned, the death toll just moments ag o was increased to 53. The mayor of maui believes that number will rise. The mayor also says that 1700gsv buildings have been damaged or edestroyed, mostly in and around the town of lahaina, which is mostly gone. And that includes the majority of the boats and the shipsbor. In lahaina harbor. You saw the helicopter, the Air Picturessa where the pilots were just but astonished atage has what damage has been done there. Authorities in maui still dont know where the fire started oriy what sparked it, but it spread rapidly because of stron dontgs from Hurricane Dora, which passed near the Hawaiian Islands. Some people got away from the flames by jumping into the ocean. And residents of la chinatown of say they had little time to grab what they could and get out. Watctle timeh. Woke up this morning and got on our phones to pictures of our house just just down to the slab. Nothing but smokjuste. An cinders came with our clothes. We got on. Ot and a dog and two kids. N. Its crazy. Have similar stories. Each year, the Hawaiian Islands are hit with fires that burnsto wide swaths of territory. But the coastal areas of maui,of the second largest Hawaiian Island, are much more prone because its very dry with an average of about 15 inches of rain a year compared to the mountain inches s of maui, whicf get upwards of 300 inches. Well have much more on the Fires On Fox News at night tonight, including an interview with a pastor whose churcha in lahaina is no longer there. Jesse. Is nall right, trace, thanks. Well see you at 11. Yep. Okay. So now the question becomes, std what started the fires . Well, theres a few factors in play. First, theres Hurricane Dora hurling 60 mile an hour windsa, across the island, pushing push hawaii. Sland, pushing that fed the fire. But we dont know if it started it. This is an interesting thing, though, wasarted it it tt that the island was also in the midst of a crippling drought . Its dry season there. That also could have triggered it. But residente triggered it. S had a significant amount of fire prone grass and shrubbery. These nonnative grasses are highly flammable. Theyve been introduced into hawaii from out of state. Wealthy buildersthese , landscad demands, imported drier greenery that sparks more easily. And what about the possibility that this was manmade . 85 of wildfires in thee camp United States are caused by negligence like campfires, cigarette and of coursfie, and h arson. And theres been a rash of arson in hawaii overbeen a r thr two years. Could have been a combination of factors. Highs. Couldv a combi winds cod down the power lines, a lit down the power lines, a lit anythings possible. And well update you as soon as we know more. But for now, turn it over turn to william lajeunesse, whos live on the grounditis o. Well, jesse, ill tell you this. Were at a shelter right now and people are dropping off all kinds of blankets and towels and pampers droppingt kind of thing. The amazing thing ive heard and ive people as you know,ard, pol theres a theres a blockade. Police will not let people into et lahaina. S two problems. Number one, theres a lot of people still in lahaina who diod survive, but they wont leave because they are not being allowed back ie becausn. Well, some of those i heard one individual is actually has a diabetes medication. They need ice to keep it, to keep it cold. They dont want to leaveheneed number two, because police are not letting people in and theres no Cell Phone Service. No one knows whos alive and whos dead. So whoive an theyre taking boa. Theres a harbor just south of china where ive spoken to two individuals who have already gone in and getting in and getting off and checking out lahaina and checking out an, seeing if. Ecking out people are alive and then coming back. Thats the only way in or out right nothe onlyw of the devastt in the videos that we have looked at. Ive talked to one individual and this was amazing, right . She was on a sailboat in the harbor when the fire started and said there was so much gasoline and petrol in the area between the breakwater in the wharf, which is not a huge area that literally the ocean caught on fire. It was that bad. I heard the story of one individual who was in the t water for more than 12 hours waiting to be rescued. Those are the kinds of stories i think were going to hear coming out. Jesse, and please send our prayers to all those people youve talked to. We hope everything gets straightened out to. Rning it starting over now to sands dyer. He owns and runs the gemini the charter boat out of lahaina. Hes taking people to the airport on the other side of maui, as well as Buying Supplies and then bringing themi back to the people who need help. Ng people so were Hearing Stories that people had been escaping and diving into the ocean because that was the only place that was not on fire. Tell us what youre doing. Yeah, i the its really devastating. Im going to do everything i can at the moment to help the community out. And everyones coming together ,but its very, very difficult to do so without cell service, without power, with people running out of gas, water, food. And we really need help out oi here. So im doing my part. Ive got a catamaranhavearan an im bringing 50 people at a time from one side of the island to the other to justn to escape all the devastation. I personally just sad w lahaina with my own eyes from my boat as we were crossing by on my the other side to the other side of the island. I live here and it looks like a complete war zone. Itcomplete war zone. It is really devastating. Since when you board people onhey tell to the catamaran, what kinds of things are they telling you . Well, its people that have families that they members that they cant get a hold of and people that have medical issues they need to get over here because the hospitals over here on this side of the island, as opposed to what hypothyroid people have medication issues, people with all types of really, really dire needs. And, you know, im just doingopa my part to try and help as many people as i can heres. How is the emotional state state ofof these people . I mean, theyre obviously missing loved ones. They have medical issues. How are People Holding up . Are peopoh, its its heartb. So, for example, yesterday the only part of the west side of maui were your Cell Phone Service is up by the kapalua the airport. So i drove up there just to gett in touch i with my family back e florida. And there were people that were getting news that their house was burned down, that their loved ones are missing, lt that i mean, people were just breaking down left and right. It was really, really difficult to watch. And its a really, really awful situation. All right. Well, sanjay, than really k youh for everything youre doing. And we pray for you and all the people in hawaii and maui and hope every body findsthey all the people that theyve lost. We love you. Than k you so much. Family h i appreciate that. And we my family has set up a gofundme account. So if anyone wants to help in that way, its under the wayne dyer go fund me. Thats my father. And im also friends with will cain. Hes studying one up as well. So get in touch with, you know e ,either of us and we can help these people. All the money is going to the local familiesof the m. Cal familiesof the m. We have a very generous two months. Thank you. Sense a very. Well, the gold rush puts seattle, washington,ttle on the map. Seattle didnt have gold, but it was a distribution hub, railub, an shipping. And then the Timber Industry provided boeing with wood to build their early planes. Bill gates, headquartered microsoft in seattle, and it became kind of a tech center and money funded research universities, beautiful infrastructure. Ucture cifrastructure. Ucture flourished, but Everything Changetyd after the black lives matter riots. A group of anti police vagrants roped off a big chunk of the city and claimed it was theycity and claimed it was they called it chop said it was an autonomous zone, not a part of america. The city let them go on like that for a month. It was violent. People were killed. The press was shut out. Out i use my voice. The following. Are you going . All right. Your client. This. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Did you hear that . Seattle caved to chop, slashing their police budgetmil, by 40 million, triggering a Violent Crime wave. The citys never recovered. E citys never recovered many shops are littered all over the city. Homeless set up encampmentr recs and chased off intruders. Multiple tents, piles of trash and open air Drug Use Spilling onto northeast 125th street. Its a public sidewalk on myk base. The far left activists would stop to sweep seattle. How many of these people are you going to take in to your home, sir . Trying stop th, to interfere ant down my coverage. You guys got to get in shape, man. You know youre going to , right . And this unhinged woman at the camp Startedrted Throwingg W Objects in my direction and chased me with a ski pole downit there doing it pretty good. But i wouldnt ski for some homeless crew. So comfortable they set upw o their own swimming pool. They cant take. They cant taktable the these tf things away from us. And we deserve to stay where weve developed and where were building. The reasoning for the pool was e something that i decided to put in forhave dec for the people h. The encampment, to enjoy, to keep us cool. We are working harpeople hd to p that and keep it clean. In july, there was a huge turf war outside a hospital. It started when a Homeless Guy Named Coconut was exiled from a fentanyl den. Coconut was upset, so he started his own fentanyl den. Coconut then came back with his sidekick, monkey. Rob the fentanyl. Then. Then set off a homemade ied. Its monkey and Coconuts Turfd now. Policethen i started quitting. Today, the force is down nearly 25 . Lieutenant Jessica Taylor was with the seattle d pd ford for 23 years. She just quit. E she wrote a scathing resignation letter. Hingits about 15 pages long whe she just torches the city council and especially the police chief, adrian diaz. I have never in my life witnessed such weakness when ito comes to enforcing the law. This perfect combination of failedrcing the Leadership Hasr a perfect storm of incompetence and chaoeates. Nd cha its no wonder seattles become a Laughing Stock of the nationos and the globe. Theyre laughing about us on the international news. Na arent you embarrassed . I am. Its mortifying. Ws. The city that once pridedlf itself on progressiveness and prosperity has now become a hotbed for crime and anarchy. Lieutenant and taylor went on ta priorities, playing politics and pandering to Radicalying Tad Ideology rather than genuinely serving the city and residents d best interests. Their absurd policies have turned seattle into a playground for anarchists and criminals, and they seem utterly concerned with the devastating consequences of their action s. If you havent noticed, the criminals are running this citynnin. Lets turn it over to former seattle lieutenant Jessica Taylor. So, jessica, why did you leave exactly . Wel well, the city of seattle is just a hot mess. Ss. Dumpster fire just out of control. And i just cant participate in it any longer. So i handed in my paperwork. M do you blame the politicians or the police chief . I blame everybody. I blame the mayor who has no plan for anything. But he keeps saying he has a plan, but nobody has seen it yet. I blame the city council. Theyre absolute extremists. Theres no other way to put it. Y they have their policies are just off the charticies ths the chief, hes, you know,pretty pretty much just a yes man does whatever hes told to do. And the citizens of Seattle Police officers are justbein being sacrifice. Do these leaders recognize how bad things have gotten . You cant not. Theres needles everywhere. Theres homeless and trash everywhere. And i make it personal. Time went out to help the homeless. I know how bad it is. Theyre just not implementing anything. They are not doing anything. It is out of control. It is not safe. Nothing. You seem really emotional about this. Yes. I love this city. I love this job and this and this leadership has just got to go. O it is time for the citizens to back the officers and for the officers to just get up and help out. When did you notice things really, really going downhill . Probably about it really started to go downhill really bad around the chaz situation. Thats when it really took a dive. Were the politicians scared after the chop, Chaz Disaster . Well, the politicians, i mean, theyll tell you a different story than what actually happened. Y than haat actually happened. Y than a Takeover Of The East Precincpt there. Its on your screen. It wasnt it was abandonment. They surrendered a large portion of the city. Yes. Yes and how has that preventeden this city from recoverinted thg well, you you know, everything that i stand on is, you know, trust and integrity and,know, to you know, to uphold and defend the constitution. And you can no longer do this job if you cant even work out of a precinct that serves one fifth of the city. Dty. O you think the chief is corrupt . I think that theres some moralo issues. Yes. Doesut he abuse his office . If the rumors about the taylor swift concert are true, then yes. Whats the taylor swift Concert Rumor . Well, the taylor swift rumori is that he barged his way into the taylor swift concert, made its Way Upde His W to the fronte lots of people have paid thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars to go to the show. And there he is, Bashing A Vithere he is, bashing and its a violation of the policy. He should record himself. Okay. Well, lieutenant. Very brave woman. Thank you for your service fora all years in the Seattle Police department. It is a shame that hes badging his way to the front row of a taylor swift concert while everybody else is stepping r ovg needles, junkies and fending off crooks. We salute your service, and we really hope this city recovers because its a beautiful. Thank you. Coming up, want to know what next year is going to look like . We just found out. Straight ahead , mysteries, plots, secrets. Join me as fox nation investigates some of the biggest ones around in fox files, part one. From a tragedy with potential implications. 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