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In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived (AP article confirms Maui police blocked escape routes.)
Associated Press ^ | Updated 3:01 PM CDT, August 24, 2023 | REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER AND CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER

Posted on 08/27/2023 3:11:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety.

And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30.

One family swerved around the barricade and was safe in a nearby town 48 minutes later, another drove their four-wheel-drive car down a dirt road to escape. One man took a dirt road uphill, climbing above the fire and watching as Lahaina burned. He later picked his way through the flames, smoke and rubble to pull survivors to safety.

But dozens of others found themselves caught in a hellscape, their cars jammed together on a narrow road, surrounded by flames on three sides and the rocky ocean waves on the fourth. Some died in their cars, while others tried to run for safety.

“I could see from the bypass that people were stuck on the balconies, so I went down and checked it out,” said Kekoa Lansford, who made several trips into town to look for survivors. What he found was horrible, Lansford said, with dead bodies and flames like a hellish movie scene. “And I could see that people were on fire, that the fire was just being stoked by the wind, and being pushed toward the homes.”

The road closures — some because of the fire, some because of downed power lines — contributed to making historic Lahaina the site of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. But there were many problems that day, and in some ways the disaster began long before the fires started.

A flash drought in the region provided plenty of kindling, and Hurricane Dora brought strong winds to Maui as it...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: barricade; burned; donutwatch; fake; following; followingorders; hawaii; jbt; lahaina; lahainaburned; maui; mauipolice; orders; police
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To: tennmountainman

Why would Police Block Exit Routes?

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Dangerous downed power lines? I am not buying the theory that police were intentionally harming people.


61 posted on 08/27/2023 7:28:47 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( What did Obama know, and when did he know it? Did Obama know Biden was taking bribes?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mass murder charges and prison for these rats


62 posted on 08/27/2023 7:50:45 PM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just a form of post birth abortions performed by the liberal Hawaiian government.


63 posted on 08/27/2023 8:00:04 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A cop that isn’t smart enough to know sending people back in to the fire zone is a bad idea

Well... Clearly they are a Democrat.


64 posted on 08/27/2023 8:01:10 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Why are not these policemen in jail awaiting trial? They are murderers-mass murderers along with the official who cut off the water then refused to turn it back on due to "equity" concerns and the power company officials who did not cut off the electricity to the town in the high winds but did cut it off to the affluent neighborhood. This is too damned many "coincidences." Watch the billionaires scoop up the land for some big project that needs all the less than affluent residents disposed of.
65 posted on 08/27/2023 8:05:03 PM PDT by arthurus (. covfefe i!i)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Party of Compassion, doing what it does best.


66 posted on 08/27/2023 8:17:20 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“We were just following orders.”
/history repeating itself


67 posted on 08/28/2023 12:20:13 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: thefactor

I read the article. But it’s not the ONLY article I’ve read about this fire. Now scamper away.


68 posted on 08/28/2023 4:00:29 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Lurker

K, there’s a giant fire, ppl are in cars trying to get away from it but you’re telling them No, stay where you are or go back into the fire. How is that NOT murder!?


69 posted on 08/28/2023 6:04:09 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Enterprise

Oh great! Then you should be able to provide multiple sources stating that police officers were ordered to block passable roads therefore indicating a nefarious plan to kill hundreds of people. Because that’s what you imbeciles are intimating. Please provide sources, because THIS article says nothing of the sort.


70 posted on 08/28/2023 7:37:32 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They just keep pushing that wildfire lie. 🙄


71 posted on 08/28/2023 8:44:09 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: thefactor

I am not your search engine. Now scamper away.


72 posted on 08/28/2023 9:50:38 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Turning people away as they were trying to escape was criminal.

Full expect “the fire was started via DEW” kooks to show up.


73 posted on 08/28/2023 10:07:06 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Enterprise

You’re a fraud with zero proof. You invent nonsense out of whole cloth. Log off and take a walk.


74 posted on 08/28/2023 10:27:25 AM PDT by thefactor
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