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About to cut off their final escape route but several chose to stay. on friday, emergency responders said they had no plans to rescue anyone who did not evacuate, but authorities now say they plan to air lift the holdouts out of the danger zone if the lava spreads further. straight to cnn's scott mclean in pahoa, hawaii. what is the status of these holdouts trapped in the lava zone? >> reporter: hey pam. the headline on the local newspaper here seems to sum it up best, just says isolation, and that is really what these people are icing, we are talking about a dozen or less people who are in th...

Uninhabited areas but this one is different. this lava flow is on its way to the ocean, and it is going through a populated area of beachfntmes, and entire really village over there, and so not only is it going to cut off these people, these entire neighborhoods, and these dozen or so people who are still there but it is also going to destroy a heck of a lot of homes, 87 have been lost so far, and we can only expect that that number will rise. >> just so frightening for those residents trapped there. there has got to be a better place to go than being trapped in that lava zone. scott mclean, t...

>> well, mike, we have just learned that lava is about 175 yards away from a critical and major intersection here on the big island. if that were to happen, it would likely isolate anyone in the area who hasn't evacuated yet. now, even though the flows of lava have slowed down, geologists say the volcano and its fissures are starting to expand in its path of destruction. in 24 hour period lava reached 10 more homes bringing the total to at least 87 houses destroyed. those who have evacuated are returning today and bracing for the reality that they may have lost everything. >> it's kind of scar...

Learned that lava is about 175 yards away from a critical and major intersection here on the big island. if that were to happen, it would likely isolate anyone in the area who hasn't evacuated yet. now, even though the flows of lava have slowed down, geologists say the volcano and its fissures are starting to expand in its path of destruction. in 24 hour period lava reached 10 more homes bringing the total to at least 87 houses destroyed. those who have evacuated are returning today and bracing for the reality that they may have lost everything. >> it's kind of scary, but it is thrilling at th...

Day, spreading across an area three times the size of new york central park. >> we have to wear these protective masks because the sulfur levels are too dangerous. behind us, we see the big, black wall of cooled lava. beyond that, there is a lawful pool. that is what we are worried about. any moment, that wall could correct, and you have a wave of lava gushing toward us. >> the size break on the water, gush out, that is how dangerous it could be. >> the lobby has burned and gone it's way over roads, leaving out a devastated subject divisions. with few escape routes remainin remaining, many are...