Hawaii Wildfire Death Toll Rises As People Search for Loved Ones
As wildfires burn through Hawaii’s island of Maui, officials have now reported the death toll officially rose to 53 people as of Thursday. According to People Magazine , the county reported 80% of the fire, which…
As Wildfires burn through Hawaii’s island of Maui, officials have now reported the death toll officially rose to 53 people as of Thursday.
According to People Magazine, the county reported 80% of the fire, which decimated the city of Lahaina, has been contained and 70% of the fire in Pulehu is diminished.
Residents have been urged to evacuate, and others have offered to help. Mia Kittelson of Haiku described her experiences on the island.
She said, “I woke up in the day having absolutely no idea what was going on.”
Once she went to work and learned about the fires, she and a group of coworkers at Maui Longevity Rx partnered with MODO Medical to evacuate people and help them find missing loved ones.
“It was truly like we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into, but we wanted to help” she stated.
She noted, “One guy had shared with me that he had just lost everything. He gave me his contact to his children and asked me as soon as I could to call them and let them know that he’s alive and that he loves them.”
The New York Post