NEXT ON NBC 5 AT 10: We hear from 2 North Texas families who talk about their escape from Maui and what it took to leave the Hawaiian wildfires.
“The gas station was out of fuel already. People had lined up to get groceries,” said Badruddin.Quickly, their focus turned to finding their way home.
“It was just gridlocked. There's one road in one road out over there, and it was just locked down,” said Jordan Martin. “They just kept delaying the flight as long as they could. And so we're just like, ‘No, I don't think this flight is going to leave,” said Jason Martin.
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