Travelers return to L.A. area from Maui amid devastating fires

LIVE NOW WITH MORE KIMBERLY. >> HAWAII OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO EVACUATION EFFORTS TODAY TO GET STRANDED VISITORS OUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM THE ISLAND AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE WILDFIRES THAT ARE STILL BURNING SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE OUT IN DEVASTATED AREAS. THE FIRES WHICH STARTED TUESDAY WERE FUELED BY STRONG WINDS FROM A PASSING PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE FIRE RACED PEOPLE NORTH OF LA PINE AND TOOK THEM TO THE AIRPORT. SOME DESCRIBE THE AIRPORT IN MAUI AS CHAOTIC AS PEOPLE TRIED TO LEAVE. >> WE TERRIBLE WINDS AND TREES CRUSHING CARS. PITCH OF SO WE REALIZE WE SHOULD TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT PART OF TOWN FOR A WHILE. SO WE WENT INTO Y LES HAVE FROM BEHIND IT WAS HARD TO GET ON RECALL IS BLOCKING THAT PEOPLE HAD MOVED CONES AND ABLE TO GET AND PROBABLY A FEW HOURS LATER IS WHEN IT GOT REALLY BAD WAS IN SAME SEAS. >> WELL USUALLY YOU'RE SEEING BLUE WATERS IN THE SEASON. IT WAS PURE WHITE THERE ARE SO MANY WHITE CAPS OUT THERE LOOKS LIKE SNOW. BUT THEN THE WINDS CAME IN AND JUST BLEW THAT FIRE ALL OVER THE PLACE IT WAS REALLY DEVASTATING THEN NOT PREPARED FOR AND NOT BUT MAKE IT COULDN'T THE ROADS POWER LINES ALL OVER JUST DESTROYED. THE FIRE THAT BLAZE. THEY HAVE HAVE FIRE OF PEOPLE >> NO FOOD IT JUST IT'S CRAZY THAT. >> NOW SOME AIRLINES ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP IN THE EVACUATION EFFORTS SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TOLD ME THAT THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS

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Length: 2min 20sec (140 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 10 2023