'Exactly like a war zone, people, dead people in the streets, dead animals in the streets, cars abandoned, everything burned, looks like it got bombed, it really does,' said James Bruggeman who lives on Maui.
Marjorie St. Clair shared video with us that showed narrowly escaping from the wildfire as it tore through the historic town and popular tourist destination.
"Honestly I thought I am not going to just sit here in this parking lot and well to be a little bit over the top, die in a car because I can't breathe. I'm just going to go for it, so that's what I did," said Marjorie.She's now hoping her two cats survived because she couldn't get them in the crates in time when she evacuated.
Bryce Baraoidan is another Lahaina resident who was forced to evacuate as the flames quickly approached. He was able to drive about 40 miles away to stay with his family where he is still trying to get updates.St. Clair and Baraoidan both tell us they're lucky they were able to escape. Now they're just a few of the hundreds of families that are displaced, with no house or even jobs to go back to.
Others vacationing sent us pictures of what it looked like from their vantage point. Garret Tom of San Francisco, who is on vacation in Maui, spoke to us on the phone as he stood in the ocean just to get a signal."Yes that's what we're thankful for, some people lost their homes, hotel workers," replied Tom."We had no warning.
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