Multiple residents in the now-devastated town of Lahaina say they witnessed the moment flames started shooting out the damaged electrical system just after 6.30 a.m. on Aug. 8, including one man wh…
Horrified Maui locals have questioned why a fire sparked by a downed power line was left to restart and spread just hours after it was declared contained — claiming that lives could have been saved if crews hadn’t abandoned it so quickly.started shooting out the damaged electrical system just after 6.30 a.m. on Aug. 8, including one man who filmed harrowing videos of the fire tearing down a hillside.
“It just ran straight up the hill to a bigger pile of grass and then, with that high wind, that fire was blazing,” he continued. “In a matter of minutes, that whole place was just engulfed.” When Advincula and her husband returned to their home at about 10 a.m., she said they recalled seeing some firefighters still spraying some hotspots on the hillside.
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