save his house. i sat up on top of the roof and i battled the fire for about three hours. i couldn t do it anymore. reporter: he then jumped into the ocean to save himself, he says, and when he turned and looked back at his home devastation, everything, gone. reporter: officials say the search for survivors has included teams of cadaver dogs sifting through the remains of neighborhoods, there are many residents still nowhere to be found. hawaii governor josh green says in lahaina alone upwards of about 1,700 buildings may have been destroyed. he says it appears about 80% of the town is gone. brian todd, cnn, washington. if you d like to know how you can help those impacted by the hawaii wildfires please go to cnn.com/impact and we have a list of vetted organizations that you can check out there. former cryptocurrency billionaire sam bankman-fried has been sent to jail after his bail was revoked.
in maui county have finally opened up the road to lahaina and the lineup to get in is miles long and bumper to bumper, residents to see what s left of their lives, tourists who left pass passports and other things to get away from the flames. the fires are mostly contained but this invasive grass that became the fuel for this fire still very dry. so fingers crossed this doesn t get worse as people try to adjust with the horrible new normal here in maui. bill weir, cnn, near lahaina. well, judy riley lives on a neigh neighboring island lanai. judy was one of the ones who was lucky to get out unscathed but friends, neighbors, i mean, they lost everything.
wildfires force evacuations as the death toll in maui climbs. donald trump will have to watch what he says campaigning. the latest ruling by the judge in the election subversion case. meanwhile, a special counsel is now investigating president biden s son hunter, yet many republicans don t seem to be happy about the development. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re getting a better look at the devastation caused by wildfires on the island of maui. hundreds of homes and other buildings across lahaina were turned to ashby the fire leaving almost nothing behind to show for what just days ago was a thriving community. so here s what we know right now, authorities just a shor time ago reported they have now confirmed 80 deaths, and there are fears th number could continue to rise. crews with cadaver dogs ar sifting through the wreckage. the only public road in and out
of lahaina was open briefly on frid tgive people a chance to go in to see what if anything remains in their homes. authorities closed it down a short time later. the lahaina fire is 85% contained, but the danger isn t completely gone. the police won t let us go to our home. we live in the same house for 50 years, since 1971. so i wanted to go down there, see if anything s left. you know, but they won t let us. you know, i guess it s dangerous or something, you know, so we ll deal with it and we ll wait a week or two and we can go see what s left, and start from scratch, rebuild. meanwhile, another fire on the western side of maui prompted police to call for an evacuation of the cause kahn
much more stark. residents are now for the first time being allowed to return as you can see from these dramatic shots. but they won t be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. meanwhile, hawaii governor josh green says he s ordering a comprehensive review of the state s response, including why sirens didn t alert maui residents to the danger. hawaii s emergency service administration says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. much has been made about the speed of the fires and just how quickly lahaina became engulfed on tuesday. here s what we know so far about what happened. at 6:37 am local hawaiian time on tuesday, maui county reports that a brush fire began near lahaina. by 9:55, the county issued a statement on its website declaring that the lahaina brush fire is 100% contained shortly