Lahaina residents talk harrowing escape from fast-moving wildfire

THE HARBOR RIGHT THERE OFF OF FRONT STREET. AND WE CAN ALSO SEE THE FIRE FROM THIS BOAT LOOKING AT THE SMOKE AND FLAMES TAKING OVER LAHAINA. THIS STREET MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. THIS IS AT FRONT AND DICKINSON. I SPOKE TO THE WOMAN WHO SHOT THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO WHILE EVACUATING LAHAINA. MARJORIE SINCLAIR TELLS ME THE ROADS WERE CLOSED AND TRAFFIC IS JAMMED. >> IT IS LIKE LAHAINA IS ON FIRE. KARINA: SHE TOOK A RISK AND DROVE ON A STREET WITH FLAMES ON BOTH SIDES. >> THEY WERE LIKE TENDER BOXES AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE. I TRIED TO GET OUT ONE BY GOING ON THE STREET BY THE FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK. IT IS LIKE MY GOD THE FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK IS ON FIRE. OH NO. I DON'T KNOW. ROME IS BURNING YOU KNOW. KIND OF A DEAL. I HAVE NOT HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT BEFORE. KARINA: SINCLAIR MOVED TO MAUI FROM SAN FRANCISCO A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE IS HOPEFUL HER TWO CATS SURVIVED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT THEM INTO CRATES AND A TIME WHEN SHE EVACUATED. THIS VIDEO OF SMOKE NEAR THE HEINE WAS TAKEN BY BRYCE BEFORE HE AND HIS FAMILY EVACUATED LAST NIGHT FROM THEIR HOUSE. THEY DROVE 40 MILES AWAY TO STAY WITH OTHER FAMILY WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET UPDATES. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT HAVE BOTH THEIR HOME AND THEIR JOBS IN LAHAINA AND IT HAS BEEN BURNT TO THE GROUND. IT IS LIKE WHERE DO YOU BEGIN TO PICK UP AFTER THIS YOU WHERE IS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY GET TO PICK UP AFTER THIS? WHAT DO WE EVEN REBUILD? HOW DO WE START? KARINA: THERE ARE SOME IMAGES COMING IN FROM LAHAINA THAT SHOWS THE DEVASTATION OF A TOWN VISITORS KNOW WELL.

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Length: 2min 6sec (126 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 10 2023