{"id":1995594,"date":"2023-08-09T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:55:36","slug":"emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian fires continue, locals forced to seek refuge in ocean."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wildfires in\u2064 Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned multiple \u2062structures \u2064in areas including historic Lahaina town, forcing evacuations \u2063and closing schools in several communities Wednesday, and rescuers pulled a \u200cdozen people escaping smoke \u200dand flames from the\u2064 ocean. (Zeke Kalua\/County of Maui via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke\u2062 Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:42 PM \u2013 Wednesday, August 9, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Wildfires whipped up by \u200dHurricane Dora\u2019s winds are wreaking havoc in Hawaii, requiring evacuations, \u200brescues, and school closures, as\u200b well as an emergency proclamation from the acting governor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Some locals also claim to\u200b have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean\/\" title=\"Hawaiian fires continue, locals forced to seek refuge in ocean.\">witnessed numerous power lines fall<\/a> during the \u200bstorm, which only strengthened the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Governor Sylvia \u2062Luke issued the proclamation for counties in Maui and the\u200c Big Island on \u2062Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane\u2019s eye \u200dwas \u201cchurning \u2064far south of the islands,\u201d but winds were \u2064still hitting much of the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are closely following the wildfires caused\u2063 by \u200bthe strong winds \u2064of\u200d Hurricane Dora,\u201d Luke \u200bsaid. \u201cThe safety\u200d of our residents is paramount, and this emergency proclamation will \u2064activate the Hawaii National Guard \u2064to support emergency responders \u200bin the impacted communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to the\u2063 Hawaii\u2063 National Guard being activated to help \u200bcontain the fires on Maui and \u2064the Big Island, the United States Army\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup> Infantry Division will reportedly be sending helicopters to\u200c assist\u200b with fire suppression if the\u2062 winds \u2064die down enough, according \u200cto \u2063Jeff Hickman, a spokesman for \u200cthe Hawaii Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>The National \u2063Weather Service has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ore-bootleg-fire-surpasses-300k-acres-forecasters-predict-gusty-winds-low-humidity-ahead\/\" title=\"Ore. Bootleg Fire surpasses 300K acres, forecasters predict gusty winds, low humidity ahead\">red flag warning<\/a> for the \u2064Hawaiian Islands\u2019 leeward\u200b areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u200b Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (EMA), there have been no verified fatalities \u200das\u200d of Wednesday morning. The state\u2019s EMA also said that communication on the island is intermittent, and the 9-1-1 \u2062line is unavailable in parts of West Maui.<\/p>\n<p>Six fires have burned over 1,800\u200d acres throughout Maui and \u200bthe Big Island as of\u200c Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMultiple \u200bstructures have\u200b burned and\u2063 multiple evacuations are in place, as firefighter crews continue battling\u2064 brush\u2064 and structure fires \u2063in Upcountry and Lahaina areas,\u201d officials \u2062said in a statement, \u200clater adding, \u201cIn\u200d West Maui, fire crews \u2064from Napili, Lahaina, Kihei, and Wailuku responded to the fast-moving fire, which was fueled by strong winds as Hurricane Dora \u200bpassed\u200b well south of Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According\u2063 to the statement, \u200dthe governor\u2019s proclamation also\u200c permitted necessary steps by the director\u2062 of the state\u2019s Emergency Management Agency\u200c and\u2062 the administrator of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard also responded to calls and joined in on the efforts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA @USCG \u200b45-foot Response Boat Medium crew\u200c from \u2064Station Maui has successfully\u200b rescued 12 individuals from the waters off Lahaina,\u201d\u2062 the guard\u2019s Hawaii Pacific patrol\u00a0said\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Happeningnow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Happeningnow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USCG<\/a> Cutter Joseph Gerczak, a MH-65 Dolphin \u200baircrew, and a small \u200cboat crew from Station Maui have deployed to Front Street Beach and \u200bLahaina Small Boat \u200dHarbor in the response\u2062 effort\u200c to\u2063 the fires in Maui.<\/p>\n<p>Updates will\u2062 be posted as new information is received. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNMkylXnRY\">pic.twitter.com\/jNMkylXnRY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 USCG Hawaii \u2062Pacific (@USCGHawaiiPac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCGHawaiiPac\/status\/1689154023428087808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the state\u2019s EMA, the victims are suspected to have leaped into the \u2063ocean to escape the fire.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no formal \u200dshutdown\u200d of \u2063Kahului \u2064Airport, Maui\u2019s principal airport, although \u200cthere\u2064 have been delays\u200b due to the smoke. \u2063The EMA urges travelers to verify the \u200cstatus of their flights with \u2063their carriers.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u2062breaking\u200b news\u2063 blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe \u2063here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Roger \u2064Stone, longtime advisor \u2064to President Donald \u2062Trump, spoke to One America\u2019s Stella Escobedo about Trumps indictments. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former\u200b Green Beret Army \u200dCaptain John Frankman is speaking out in an op-ed saying that\u2063 the Army\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate was not \u200blegal and as a result the Army is a \u201cmuch less lethal force \u2064than it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u200dLayah Heilpern<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Pastor \u200cBilly Crone<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor\u200b Group said on Tuesday it plans to launch more electric vehicles under the Hyundai and\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2062\u2013 German technology group Robert Bosch said on Tuesday that it will establish\u2064 a joint venture with TSMC, Infineon \u2063and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013\u200c Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on Tuesday that its board\u2062 had \u2062approved a \u200d3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gwladys Fouche \u2063OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms\u200c is\u2064 asking a court in\u200c Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildfires in Hawaii, fueled by strong winds, destroyed numerous buildings in Lahaina town. Evacuations were ordered, schools closed, and twelve individuals were rescued from the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. (Zeke Kalua\/County of Maui via AP) OAN\u2019s Brooke Mallory reported at 12:42 PM on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":1995595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}