Lahaina Inferno Began After Firefighters Departed a 'Contained' Scene
Some residents said they were alarmed when fire crews left the site of an early-morning fire: “Someone should have stayed.”
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Some residents said they were alarmed when fire crews left the site of an early-morning fire: “Someone should have stayed.”
With hurricane-force gusts still blowing over the fire site and the surrounding arid shrubbery, crews left the neighborhood.
A fire broke out on the outskirts of Lahaina at around 6.30am on Tuesday, August 8 and was declared '100 percent contained' several hours later. Fire crews then left the scene.
Kimo Clark and his crew helped battle the blaze and are now left to help rebuild the community they call home after a wildfire hit Lahaina on August 8.
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