More than 50 lives. Almost 2,000 buildings. In moments, well talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the Senior National correspondent William Lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. William. Reporter trace, were in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the Police Roadblock is and the check point. People cant get into lahina because theyre still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but thats supposed to be illegal. We heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. One thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldnt get out in time. They couldnt even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. Traffic was backed up. People literally died in their cars. Now, lahina is of course the hardest hit
more than 50 lives. almost 2,000 buildings. in moments, we ll talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the senior national correspondent william lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. william. reporter: trace, we re in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the police roadblock is and the check point. people can t get into lahina because they re still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but that s supposed to be illegal. we heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. one thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldn t get out in time. they couldn t even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. traffic was backed up. people literally died in their cars. now, lahina is of course the