Survivors of Maui's fires return home to ruins, death toll up to 67. New blaze prompts evacuations
, at least three wildfires erupted on Maui, racing through parched brush covering the island.
“It hit so quick, it was incredible,” Kyle Scharnhorst said as he surveyed his damaged apartment complex. “This may limit the population’s ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events,” the plan stated.Bobby Lee, president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association, said there are a maximum of 65 county firefighters working at any given time with responsibility for three islands: Maui, Molokai and Lanai.
Andrew Whelton, a Purdue University engineering professor whose team assisted with the Camp Fire and Colorado's 2021 Marshall Fire, said showering in water potentially containing hazardous waste levels of benzene is not advisable and a do-not-use order would be appropriate until analysis is complete.
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