“It's just been devastating to see how quickly, especially through Lahaina, it has just wiped out the entire town.”
Two days after the fires on Hawaii’s Maui island started, the reality of that “nightmare” set in for Katie O’Connor.
“It’s just been devastating to see how quickly, especially through Lahaina, it has just wiped out the entire town.” “I was on the highway driving home around nine and you could just see orange glow all over the island. You could see flames approaching us. It was about a mile from our house at that point and the glow over the mountain towards Lahaina was just crazy.Click to share quote on Twitter: "Smoke and orange glow everywhere."O’Connor and her husband packed up some belongings and their two dogs and at around 11 p.m.
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