Drone video | Kula fire damage in Maui, Hawaii

Video via CNN Newsource / Daniel Sullivan.

At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening.

Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood. Flames roared throughout the night, forcing adults and children to dive into the ocean for safety.


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[aaronmayhew.]

Magically burns down houses but leaves the vegetation untouched.

[TheSolarScience]

Structures all burned ... Trees with dry leaves nearby.

[TheSolarScience]

Wild fire .. looks more like selectively ignited buildings to me.

[dognatious]

Why are trees and brush still intact but the houses are?

[arliegalindo]

question 1 what appended to all inmates on Maui Island ? FEMA ?

[Escape_is_key]

MEMO: if I ever move to Hawaii, or somewhere in California, build a tree house. Trees house seem to be immunized by wild fires. Also...D.E.W. can't attack trees.

[JimmyTony-uuxs]

Houses leveled to dust. Trees still green.
Hmmm...

[joeslovo]

Fire in Kula? Wind take fire to 3500' elevation?

[bryannunyabizness]

Did anyone ever ask why an aluminum engine or metal parts are melted on the cars? Come on your F*&N heads. DEW Directed Energy Weapons use.

[waunwon]

D.E..W YOUR RESEARCH 🔬 don’t let this fly over your head ‼️‼️

[adavies]

Dew Dew more house's burn but the trees survive
California part 2

[JinitaQuintin]

My deepest condolences..may their souls rest in peace

[XJ.SGCNUS]

Many condolences to those who lost a loved one and sending many positive prayers to anyone who las lost their homes. Before rebuilding, Maui homeowners may want to learn from the 1993 Laguna Beach fire where only one home in Mystic Hill was the only left untouched by it—-was spared due to its construction and landscape design. The house featured double-pained glass which helps keep heat from igniting the draperies inside the house, a tile roof sealed with concrete on the ends to keep sparks out, and stuccoed eves to hide any exposed wood. Landscaping zones of fire resistant plants also helped. Many external materials are made of fire retardant materials as well.

[Pink__]

The historic Banyan tree is no longer. Our thoughts and prayers for those who lost their lives. Lahaina was my second home away from home. It’s devastating to watch this footage. Aloha ~ ❤️🌈

[verycaring]

trees have moisture
hales store chemicals

[maryrodgers]

Sad to see. Its like the whole world is copping it one country at a time, with all these disasters going on. Fires and floods everywhere lately.

[Exotic_skate]

I’m on the island I got 2 hours of sleep waking up ever 30 minutes and sleeping in 2 community centers the first one was so close to the fire so everyone had to evacuate then had to sleep I car at Maui high we gots flights to California

[lidiasupertino]

Bruciate solo le case, molto strano...

[arliegalindo]

teally where the frick are they ? did they leave them behind nothing at all on the inner web ! VERY CONCERNING

[NikeAureliusSnow]

Forest fires but there are tree everywhere, next to the burned houses. What.