Lahaina is now contained. The pulehu fire, in the middle of the island, is about 70 contained. And officials are also dealing with a third fire in upcountry maui, with no estimate on its containment. In just over four days, the fires have burned roughly 2,000 acres, and have destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. These are images from the Historic Town of lahaina, which was hardest hit. Local officials are allowing residents and tourists back into the town, but a nightly curfew is in place. We are now beginning to learn about the harrowing stories of survivors like this one, where one family was forced tojump into the ocean to escape the flames. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. An unprecedented logistical effort is under way from all over the united states, as Government Agencies are mobilising resources to send to hawaii. The States National guard has chartered planes to
Green says hes ordering a comprehensive review of the states response, including why sirens didnt alert maui residents to the danger. Hawaiis Emergency Service Administration Says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. Our own reporter on the ground said that no one hes spoken to was alerted to the encroaching flames. More on that in just a few minutes. This image comes from the us coastguard, it shows the town burning through the height of the emergency. The burning through the height of the emergency. The emergency. The agency rescued 17 the emergency. The agency rescued 17 people the emergency. The agency rescued 17 people from the emergency. The agency rescued 17 people from the | rescued 17 people from the water and a0 people from the shoreline. Many more are still unaccounted for. Attem pts atte m pts to attempts to flee the devastation and fires were hampered. As flames were fanned by winds coming from hurricane dora. We are n
Much more stark. Residents are now for the first time being allowed to return as you can see from these dramatic shots. But they wont be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. Meanwhile, Hawaii Governor josh green says hes ordering a comprehensive review of the states response, including why sirens didnt alert maui residents to the danger. Hawaiis Emergency Service Administration Says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. Much has been made about the speed of the fires and just how Quickly Lahaina became engulfed on tuesday. Heres what we know so far about what happened. At 6 37 am local hawaiian time on tuesday, maui county reports that a brush fire began near lahaina. By 9 55, the county issued a statement on its website declaring that the Lahaina Brush Fire is 100 contained shortly before 09 00 today. then just under an hour later, another update said firefighters remained on the scenes of two fires o
The middle of the island, is about 70 contained, and officials are also dealing with a third fire in up country maui, with no estimate on its containment. In just over four days, the fires have burned roughly 2,000 acres and have destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. These are images from the Historic Town of lahaina, which was hardest hit. Local officials are allowing residents and tourists back into the town, but a nightly curfew is in place. We are now beginning to learn about the harrowing stories of survivors, like this one, where one family was forced to jump into the ocean to escape the flames. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. An unprecedented logistical effort is underway from all over the United States as Government Agencies are mobilizing resources to send to hawaii. The States National guard has chartered planes to help fly First Responders and Emergency Crews
what they are going do next. some harrowing stories being told to our reporter max matza who is in a temporary shelter there in maui, thank you very much for your reporting. earlier, i spoke to us congresswoman jill tokuda from hawaii s second congressional district about the federal government s response to the fires, as well as what the government could do to mitigate the effects of climate change on natural disasters. thank you for being here in this difficult time, i understand you have just returned to your home state of hawaii. what have you been hearing from your constituents and members of your community that have been affected by these wildfires? i will just tell you that it has been heart wrenching and as you can imagine, not being able to get home fast enough adds to the angst but literally, constant streams of text messages, calls, watching these video footage images and pictures of a town we all love completely wiped out and destroyed. just in a flash.