7NEWS: South Australian family in agony waiting to learn if missing great-grandfather survived Hawaii fires
Rawlings’ unit in an assisted living complex in Hawaii was one of the first to go up in flames, McPherson said.“It’s completely flattened, it’s just turned to ash, so I presume that he’s died.”“It’s the not knowing,” she said.Credit:“You’re walking all over all the stuff,” she said. “You think, ‘that could be my dad you’re stepping over’.”
If McPherson’s worst fears are confirmed, the next step would be providing a DNA sample to see if it matches with any remains.“I’m hoping that’s what happened,” she said.Crews of firefighters are still battling flare-ups on the island, and cadaver dogs have been brought in to search for the remains of victims.“Every time the wind blew, the other trees burst into fire,” Lahaina resident Fred Shaw told 7NEWS.Akanesi Vaa, 38, and her family got stuck in traffic while trying to escape the flames.
Vaa, her husband and her children aged 15, 13 and 9 fled on foot and jumped a fence to safety. Along the way, an elderly woman pleading for help handed her a baby to care for. The woman and her husband also made it over the fence.“All these ashes are going to turn into beauty,” Vaa said. “I know Lahaina will come back 10 times stronger.”Your cookie settings are preventing this third party content from displaying.
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