See how their homes faired. the one highway in and out of lahaina was opened and closed repeatedly leading to long lines. today, residents will receive placards to help expedite travel into lahaina. here s the latest. reporter: good morning from the checkpoint to get into the disaster zone of lahaina. and just a few miles behind us, firefighters are still working on this blaze. it isn t over nearly a week after the first flames broke out after midnight on tuesday. and according to the latest upset from maui officials, they say the fire stands at 85% contained and there are still hot spots that they are working to put out. but meantime, sarah, we are still hearing stories of incredible heroism, how difficult at the crescendo of this crisis it was to fight this blaze. listen to the latest story that we just heard.
Kuhla which is the bigger part of maui and it s a residential area, but it s very spread out. it s large lot. very spread out. big often multiacre properties and not nearly as densely populated. do you sacrifice that and pull everything back to lahaina, or for some reason it appears that they focused on caontaining the blaze there first. i don t know what decisions were made but your point is an important country. the crisis is not over. you re still in the middle of it. as your pictures and stories it s a focus now can be on trying to get through it. it s thank you so much,
Now, apocalyptic landscapes, cars incinerated by the blaze, homes burned to the ground, just their mailboxes or an occasional fireplace remaining. authorities say they ve only completed 3% of the search. that painstakingly slow search for survivors is fueling more anger and frustration, people left with critical questions unanswered. did their family, friends and homes survive? they re not moving fast enough. it s been too long. it s been six days. where were you guys? where were you to try to get us out, evacuate us? we re mad. we re mad. we didn t just lose our home, we lost our town. i know they i ear busy and they have things to do. somebody has to come talk to us. i lost everything and i can t even get back home to help my
Seen raising from a plastics plant in albuquerque, new new mexico, on sunday. the fire is under control, with no reports of injuries. but people who live near the plant, which manufactured and stored plastics, were asked to stay indoors while the fire raged. multiple agencies yies responde the blaze. crews said they would remain on the scene through the night to make sure the fire is thoroughly ex exteng wished. a missing boater is safe on land. that s after being rescued about 12 miles or 19 kilometers off the coast of st. augustine. 25-year-old charles gregory was reported missing after failing to return for nearly two days. he was last seen thursday night, leaving shore in a small boat, before he was found alive saturday.