Residents decry lack of warning over deadly Hawaii blaze

  • last year
Many of those who fled the fast-moving wildfire that killed dozens of people on the Hawaiian island of Maui say they received no warning notice.
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00:10 There was no warning.
00:15 Like I said, I was paying attention on my phone to the news, okay?
00:18 It's so many hundreds of miles south.
00:22 We're gonna have some strong winds.
00:23 It's gonna play havoc with our trade winds.
00:26 Nothing to worry about, okay?
00:29 The next day when the storm passed by, okay?
00:35 All of a sudden, my apartment went black.
00:38 I said, is it gonna rain?
00:39 When we opened the door, it was orange from the fire.
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00:55 [BLANK_AUDIO]
01:05 It's pretty amazing to see the way the community is all stepping up and
01:13 trying to help everyone.
01:14 They're bringing in so much supplies, food, water, clothing,
01:18 just anything and everything that we could possibly need.
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