The realities of the scene on Front Street in Lahaina

THIS MORNING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND FEDERAL LEADERS BECAUSE JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE. NIKKI. >> YES, MA'AM. WE REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS FIRE, HOW QUICKLY IT MOVES AND HOW ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS FRONT STREET IS AT THIS TIME. I'M ACTUALLY BAREFOOT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE GLASS ALL IN MY SLIPPERS AND IN MY THAT'S HOW JUST WALKING THROUGH FRONT STREET AND IT'S NIGHT THAT A VIABLE. >> THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SPRAY PAINT WHAT STREET IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE STANDING. BUT >> WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE SAW TODAY. ONE OF THE MOST HOPEFUL THINGS IS WHEN WE STARTED THE WALK AT THE BANYAN TREE, AN ARBORIST WAS THERE AND SAID THERE WAS STILL SAP INSIDE OF THE TREE AND HE HOPES THAT THE STATE SOLD THIS TREE CAN SURVIVE. NOW THE TREE IS ABSOLUTY SPREAD BY UNRECOGNIZABLE BUILDINGS. THE HARBOR AND BOATS. BOATS ARE 50 YARDS OUT WERE BURNED, WHICH SHOWS JUST HOW HOT AND FAR THOSE PLANES ACTUALLY WANTS. THROE MAUI POLICE CHIEF SAYING ONLY 3% OF SEARCHED BY CADAVER DOGS SO FAR, 89 HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD. NOW OF JUST 3% OF THIS SEARCH SITE. PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. OFFICIALS SAY 12 MORE CADAVER DOGS ARE COMING TO HELP IN THE SEARCH. WE SAW DOGS LOOKING OVER A CERTAIN AREA TODAY. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE OLD THEATER ANDS DOGS SAY IT'S REALLY HARD TO WATCH AND PROCESS AND SEE ALL OF THAT HAPPENING NOW. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS LOVED ONES WHO CANNOT FIND THEIR FAMILY SHOULD GO TO THE FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENR AND DO A DNA SWAB SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY. >> LOVED ONES. BUT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS HOW QUICKLY THIS FIRE MOVED. IT JUMPED STRUCTURE TO STRUCTURE AND IT HELPED CASE WHAT THEY SAID. ANYTHING FIREFIGHTERS COULD HAVE DONE. THE U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATOR SAID THIS HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. THIS HAS SUPERSEDED THE CALIFORNIA CAMP FIRE AND HAS BECOME THE DEADLIEST FIRE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN THE U.S. AND PARTS OF FRONT STREET WERE STILL SMOLDERING. I SAW SOME TREES BURNING. >> INSIDE OF BUILDINGS WERE STILL BURNING AND THOSE TOXIC FUMES EXTREMELY HELP. HUGE HEALTH HAZARD AND THE HARBOR WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED. BEYOND BELIEF BUT IT MADE ABSOLUTE SENSE WHY THEY DO NOT WANT ANYONE NEAR LA HINA NEAR FRONT STREET IT WAS I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND NOW WHY IT IS COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS. TO BE HONEST, THEY'RE THEY'RE ANIMALS IN THE ROAD. STILL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING TO SEE THE CHIEF SAYING THAT. BODY PARTS ARE FALLING APART WHEN THEY'RE BEING FOUND AND IT'S POTENTIALLY STEPPING ON HUMAN REMAINS. SO IF YOU OCAN PLEASE AVOID ALL OF FRONT STREET, IF YOU CAN. THIS IS WHAT JOSH GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN HAD TO SAY ALONG WITH THE FEMA DIRECTOR ABOUT PRESERVING LA HINA MOVING FORWARD. >> I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT WAYS FOR THE STATE TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND SO THAT WE CAN PUT INTO WORKFORCE HOUSING TO PUT IT BACK INTO FAMILIES OR TO MAKE IT OPEN SPACES IN PERPETUITY AS A MEMORIAL TO PEOPLE WERE LOST. WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE REMEMBER. AFTER THE PAIN PASSES AS A MAGIC PLACE AND BEHIND IT WILL REBUILD. THE TRAGEDY RIGHT NOW IS THE LOSS OF LIFE. THE BUILDINGS CAN BE REBUILT OVER TIME. EVEN THE BANYAN TREE SURVIVE. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE COME STATES WHERE YES, PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS JUST F COMING DECIDE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE STATE WILL TAKE FIRST. >> THE FEMA DIRECTOR SAYS ALL NECESSARY RESOURCES WILL BE GIVEN TO HAWAII DURING THIS ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC AND HARD TO PROCESS TIME. AND WE DID JUST FINISH THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. WE HAVE A LOT TO DIGEST AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU GUYS AND WE WILL

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Length: 4min 14sec (254 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 13 2023