The courtyard of al-Ahli hospital, where thousands of Palestinians had sought shelter or medical treatment, is now a blackened expanse of charred cars,.
what could be the earliest reported fire on maui. soon homes and neighborhoods fully engulfed. people desperately trying to get away. the families trapped in their cars. the historic front street of lahaina, within hours, going up in flames. and as you know, so many people jumping over the sea wall, clinging to the rocks at the edge of the water. some in that water for hours. that stretch of front street after the fire frozen in place, burned. the charred, hollowed-out frames of the buildings that once stood there. the grim search now for days here, cadaver dogs leading the way. and we have been told they are now setting up screens here across maui, in lahaina, to give search teams the privacy they need with this crucial work. tonight here, those brave captains, what they witnessed, what they did. there are so many heroes here. and tonight, there are also so many questions. could more have been done by the authorities? tonight, the images we have not seen before. the raging inferno in
one of the buildings which was destroyed was the grace baptist church. our correspondent sophie long is in hawaii and spoke to some of the congregation. the fire that left more than a city devastated and charred, black buildings behind. questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathered at a coffee shop to share their pain. one of the police officers sent me the pictures. ..of what used to be. ..my house. i wept. but weeping is not a lack of faith. thank god that he gave us tears. # amazing grace.#. there are so many questions that remain without answers. why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didn t?