Maui Wildfire Disaster updates for Aug. 19 are posted HERE. The death toll rose to 114 on Friday with 78% of the area searched. Fires still are burning, but they have not spread for days.
The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park & Gymnasium is now Anne Landon's safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours. But all it took was a strong wind gust for her to be immediately transported back to the terrifying moment a deadly fire overtook her senior apartment complex in Lahaina last week. "It's a trigger," she said. "The wind was so horrible during that fire." Helping
Officials have identified one more victim in the Lahaina fire. Donna Gomes, 71, is the sixth victim officially identified by the county. The death toll remains at 111.
KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon s safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours.