Much more stark. Residents are now for the first time being allowed to return as you can see from these dramatic shots. But they wont be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. Meanwhile, Hawaii Governor josh green says hes ordering a comprehensive review of the states response, including why sirens didnt alert maui residents to the danger. Hawaiis 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. Heres 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 before 09 00 today. then just under an hour later, another update said firefighters remained on the scenes of two fires o
The middle of the island, is about 70 contained, and officials are also dealing with a third fire in up country maui, with no estimate on its containment. In just over four days, the fires have burned roughly 2,000 acres and have destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. These are images from the Historic Town of lahaina, which was hardest hit. Local officials are allowing residents and tourists back into the town, but a nightly curfew is in place. We are now beginning to learn about the harrowing stories of survivors, like this one, where one family was forced to jump into the ocean to escape the flames. 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. An unprecedented logistical effort is underway from all over the United States as Government Agencies are mobilizing resources to send to hawaii. The States National guard has chartered planes to help fly First Responders and Emergency Crews
hopeful that the federal government in washington will be able to step in and help. there is a rumour going around the department of housing, the state department of housing will help people find a more long term solution in public housing but i have not heard of any official plan in the next weeks or months. some excellent reporting now from max, thank you so much forjoining us. meanwhile, hawaii governorjosh 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. our own reporter on the ground said that no one he s spoken to was alerted to the encroaching flames. more on that in just a few minutes.
plus reporting from our team on the ground. that s all at bbc.com/news. turning to some other news now, and former ftx boss sam bankman fried will stay behind bars until his 0ctober trial after a judge in new york revoked his bail. us districtjudge lewis kaplan agreed with prosecutors that he attempted to tamper with witneses. he has plead not guilty to charges relating to the theft of billions in consumerfunds. in a surprise announcement friday, us attorney general merrick garland named a special prosecutor in the investigation of presidentjoe biden s son, hunter biden. garland named david weiss, a trump appointed us attorney for delaware, who has been leading the inquiry into hunter biden s business dealings. now a special counsel appointment usually comes about when the justice department feels it has a conflict of interest, or wants to avoid political entanglement. mr weiss will now be provided with extra resources . he ll also be able to issue subpoenas, search warrants, and indic