Video shot by Lahaina residents appears to show roadblocks during fire evacuations

by meeting with evacuees and cataloging their video a more robust timeline comes into focus and there are some surprises Lahaina Luna Road where it meets the highway that was shut down at one point kiave Street and honora pilani Northbound was shut down during the height of the evacuation for over two hours downed power lines entangled these cars on honor pilani Highway near kapuna Kea one block north of Lahaina Gateway this man at 2 53 PM August 8 is unsure if the lines are energized and removes the power line from his SUV using a branch video shot by Travis Miller shortly after he goes in and out of Safeway at 3 pm show Northbound Lanes then shut down this video shows no cars on the blocked off Highway still 5 24 PM two and a half hours later when Debbie Schultz Peterson shot this video Miller's video documented the lane closure during that time he says police directed traffic down keave street into the Cannery and neither went out the backside on the front street I could see that everyone was blocked so I went out and I came this way and I got under the power line though we are not crossing the barricade we're told we cannot film here before 4 30 PM Chantal catnak is on the other side of the road closure trying to get to the Highway North from the vicinity of the bypass there was only one yave street she and her son Keanu can't even get down to the Cannery she follows a line of cars taking a residential Back Road North leading through waikouli she detours to Old Stewart Road which eventually becomes a dirt residential street however the bypass is right behind her only it's closed but there's more those trying to exit the middle of town from Lahaina Luna are also obstructed heading southbound before 3 30 PM Amanda Cassidy is among the early evacuees Anything could happen at any second and I know that every second counts in those moments she leaves Lahaina Luna Makai of the bypass but in this photo she says when she reaches Lahaina Luna Road and the highway it's blocked off by an officer not just to the north but South as well and that's only part of the story this investigation will continue when we look at the lane closures for those heading south of town we're reporting from lahainaluna Road Jeremy Lee kitv4 Island news

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Published: Fri Sep 01 2023