Getting a better look at the scale of the damage. The Catastrophe Modelling Firm karen clark and Company Estimates the total area burned at about 2,200 acres. Roughly 1,000 buildings have destroyed. Attempts to flee the devasting and fast moving fires were hampered as flames were fanned by winds coming from hurricane dora. The devastating and fast moving fires. We are now learning the harrowing stories of survival like this familys, who was forced to flee into the ocean. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. Some residents are now being allowed into destroyed areas. These pictures show residents and tourists waiting in traffic to return to the Historic Town of lahaina. For many, this will be the first time theyve been able to go home to see the damage for themselves. But a curfew is in place for the worst hit areas, and some remain closed entirely. 0ur correspondent John Sud
it s very hard to do a rescue up there, and it s notjust like to carry him down from there. mohammed worked as a porter to earn money to educate his children. wilhelm went to visit them and is trying to raise money to help them now that their father is gone. bethany bell, bbc news. that s all from us here in washington for now. we ll be back at the top of the hour with a special half hour look at the tragedy in hawaii. stay with us here on bbc news. we will leave you now with this dramatic drone footage from inside the fire zone on the island of maui. i m caitriona perry. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it is shaping up to be yet another unsettled weekend of weather, but that doesn t mean it s going to be raining all the time. far from it. while it will be showery and quite breezy, there ll be
bigwigs and the democratic party in west virginia. i don t think he switches parties. i do think the democrats gave some gubernatorial seats, but they lose ground in the state legislative races. at the bottom of the pyramid they are not doing too well. gillian: we ve got to leave it there. thanks so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. happy new year. gillian: happy new year. i hope it wears off or all of us. i agree with hillary clinton, weird. very strange. [laughter] gillian: now for something completely different, those massive wildfires blazing out west in colorado are inflicting some major damage, forcing more than 30,000 people to evacuate. we ve got the latest from inside the fire zone coming up next. and president biden urging russian president vladimir putin to de-escalate tensions with ukraine amid fears that the kremlin may invade its neighbor. more on yesterday s call between the two world leaders.
instead. trapped in their own garage. car doors open, tried to escape, but it was too late. well over 700 firefighters are trying to beat back this monster, but winds keep whipping making it almost impossible to contain. hundreds more homes are in harm s way right now. martin savidge takes us inside the fire zone. you can see over here to the west. reporter: up close to the aftermath of a killer fire. this is the first look from ground level at the neighborhoods hardest hit by the black forest fire. no roaring blaze, but the danger remains. ground crews work hot spots in front of million dollar homes while military choppers hover over rooftops. this ornamental pond became a convenient place to refill. we have crews everywhere where there s hot spots. reporter: the deeper we drive, the greater the devastation. here flames burn in ways hard to