Maui residents recall harrowing moments wildfires engulfed their home

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YORK. PAT: OUR OTHER TOP STORY, A TEAM OF CADAVER DOGS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ON THE GROUND IN MAUI SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS OF THE FIRE. HAWAIIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM, WARNING SIRENS DID NOT GO OFF AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH WATER HYDRANTS, 99 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD. TONIGHT OFFICIALS SAY MANY MORE BODIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND, LESS THAN 25 PERCENT OF THE DISASTER ZONE HAS BEEN SEARCHED. >> JEFF NGUYEN IS JOINING US LIVE FROM MAUI WITH MORE. REPORTER: ABOUT 80 PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SHELTERING AT THIS CHURCH HAVE SINCE BEEN MOVED INTO HOTELS AND FEMA SAYS ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW, SOLDIERS COMB THROUGH THE BURNED OUT AREAS OF LAHAINA, THE DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO RISE AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SCORCHED RUBBLE, 1300 ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> THEY WILL FINE 10 TO 20 PER DAY UNTIL A FINISH, IT HARD TO RECOGNIZE ANYONE, BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF ANYONE DID PERISH. >> SURVIVORS ARE STILL PROCESSING THE TRAUMA. >> THE QUICKNESS, WAS THE CRAZIEST PART. >> SHE WALKED FOR MILES ON A ROAD COVERED IN THICK SMOKE. >> WE WALKED ABOUT 4 MILES, PASSED BY OVER 20 VEHICLES. >> OTHERS, JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >> WE HAD TO GO INTO WATER TO STAY COOL. AND YOU KNOW BEING AS CALMLY AS WE COULD. >> IT WENT FROM BLUE SKIES TO GRAY TO BLACK, ALL WE SEEN WAS THE EMBERS FROM FIRE, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. REPORTER: THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS BEFORE THE FIRE 80 MILES PER HOUR WINDS LASHED THE POWER LINES, OFFICIALS DID NOT SHUT OUT OF POWER OR STAGE FIRE CREWS BEFORE THE FLAMES TORE THROUGH LAHAINA AS FAST AS A MILE A MINUTE. >> THE WHOLE TOWN IS NO MORE. >> LONG TIME RESIDENT MICK FLEETWOOD LOST HIS RESTAURANT HERE. >> I HAVE NOT LOST A FAMILY MEMBER OR MY HOUSE, YOU SAY I'M LUCKY, WHAT THE HELL CAN I DO. >> S HE TOLD CBS NEWS HE IS COMMITTED TO HELPING TO PRESERVE AND REBUILD MAUI. >> THAT WILL COST BILLIONING S AND TAKE YEARS. >> MORE THAN HALF OF THE TRANSFORMERS ON MAUI HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 80% OF ELECTRICITIA MAUI HAS BEEN RESTORED, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AREAS DESTROYED COMPLETELY. PAT: SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE SURVIVING, WE HEARD FROM A WOMAN IN THE REPORT, IS THAT THE SAME WAMU WILL TELLING US ABOUT THAT JUMPED INTO THE WATER. REPORTER: SHE WAS ON THE DOCKS IN LAHAINA WHEN THE FLAMES RACED AT HER, SHE THOUGHT HER ONLY OPTION WAS TO JUMP INTO THE WATER, BOATS WERE EXPLODING AROUND HER, SOME OF THE BOATS THAT WERE BURNING WERE DRIFTING BY HER, TO BE SAFE, SHE SWAM UNDER THE DOCK. AS DEBRIS WAS SHOWERING ON TO WHERE SHE WAS, SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND REFUGE UNDER THE DOCK AND TRIED TO SWIM TO BOATS AS THE DEBRIS WAS DRIFTING BY, AND SHE WAS CLINGING ON TO FRONT OF BOATS FROM BOAT TO BOAT UNTIL SHE GOT TO THE ENT OF THE DOCK WHERE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE SHE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB UP AND FLAG DOWN THE COAST GUARD. PAT: SONIE THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MUCH, SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR. -- OUT OF THE MOVIES, ONE OF
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Length: 4min 13sec (253 seconds)
Published: Tue Aug 15 2023
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