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OLOWALU, Hawaii — Yadira Ulloa was pumping gas near the apartment building where she lived on the western side of Maui when the winds kicked up, blowing shingles off the roof and propelling the wildfire that would soon incinerate her town of Lahaina. The winds from a distant hurricane were so fierce they shook her car, and as the fire...
The fire, which charred a 5-square-mile area in hours and killed at least 101 people, has taken a toll on many of Lahaina's residents.
US News: OLOWALU, Hawaii: Yadira Ulloa was pumping gas near the apartment building where she lived on the western side of Maui when the winds kicked up, blowin.
Yadira Ulloa was pumping gas near the apartment building where she lived on the western side of Maui when the winds kicked up, blowing shingles off the roof and propelling the wildfire that would soon incinerate her town of Lahaina. The winds from a distant hurricane were so fierce they shook her car, and as the fire approached, Ulloa began to pray. "God guided me," she said as she recalled the day last Tuesday when a wildfire ripped apart her community.