Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century
. The inferno that engulfed Lahaina killed at least 98 people and leveled more than 2,000 buildings, most of them homes. Here are chronological summaries of some of the more than 200 calls recorded with 911 dispatchers between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 obtained by the AP. ___ 3:31 p.m. A woman called to ask if she had to evacuate.
But when she asked how old her mom was, the call dropped. ___ 4:49 p.m. A man called to say he and his wife were trapped because she couldn’t get down the four flights of stairs in their apartment building. The dispatcher said the best they could do was alert police, and then asked if the man had any neighbors who could help. “They’re a bunch of girls, they’re not very strong. I don’t think they could help my wife down the steps,” he said.
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