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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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.
Mass murder charges and prison for these rats
Just a form of post birth abortions performed by the liberal Hawaiian government.
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.
The Party of Compassion, doing what it does best.
“We were just following orders.”
/history repeating itself
I read the article. But it’s not the ONLY article I’ve read about this fire. Now scamper away.
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!?
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.
They just keep pushing that wildfire lie. 🙄
I am not your search engine. Now scamper away.
Turning people away as they were trying to escape was criminal.
Full expect “the fire was started via DEW” kooks to show up.
You’re a fraud with zero proof. You invent nonsense out of whole cloth. Log off and take a walk.
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