{"id":1998530,"date":"2023-08-12T03:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T07:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-67-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T03:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T07:59:55","slug":"death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-67-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-67-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii wildfires claim 67 lives, new fire forces evacuations."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdeath-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-67-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations%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=1998530&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Amid wildfires not \u200cyet contained \u200cin Hawaii, at least 67 people have \u200bbeen \u200bconfirmed dead and a new fire has also\u2062 since broken out in West Maui.<\/p>\n<p>The new fire has\u2064 triggered the evacuation\u200b of people in the community of Kaanapali late Friday, \u200bpolice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MauiPoliceDepartment\/posts\/672741634888864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> \u200don Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At \u2062this time, there are no restrictions to exit the \u200bwest side. Our priority is to ensure the safety of the community and\u2063 first \u2064responders. We will\u2062 allow \u2063entrance once it is safe to do so,&#8221; \u200baccording to the announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/canadian-evacuees-tell-of-chaotic-scenes-in-maui-wildfire-war-zone-5460540\">Canadian Evacuees Tell of Chaotic Scenes in Maui Wildfire \u200c&#8217;War Zone&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>8\/11\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/entertainment\/maui-residents-plagued-by-wildfires-ask-for-help-from-billionaire-residents-and-others-5459993\">Maui\u200c Residents Plagued by Wildfires Ask for Help From Billionaire\u200d Residents and Others<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>8\/11\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/worst-nightmare-maui-residents-caught-in-wildfires-before-official-alerts-5459744\">\u2018Worst Nightmare\u2019: Maui Residents Caught in \u2064Wildfires \u200cBefore Official Alerts<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>8\/11\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the same day, the\u2062 U.S.\u200d Health and \u200cHuman\u200b Services (HHS) declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: 'We Have 2-4 Hour Lines' Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">public health emergency<\/a>.\u2063 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2023\/08\/11\/hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-declares-public-health-emergency-hawaii-response-wildfires.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HHS declaration<\/a> gives the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid \u200dServices (CMS) to have \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/aspr.hhs.gov\/legal\/1135-Waivers\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more flexibility<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-60-generators-sent-to-texas-by-fema-still-sitting-in-staging-area-since-early-thursday\/\" title=\"Report: 60 generators sent to Texas by FEMA still sitting in staging area since early Thursday\">meeting emergency health<\/a>\u2062 needs\u2062 of \u2064Medicare\u2062 and Medicaid beneficiaries. It comes after President Joe Biden approved a \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2023\/08\/10\/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-hawaii-disaster-declaration-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disaster \u200bdeclaration<\/a> \u200d for Hawaii on \u2063Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u200d will do all we can to assist Hawaii officials with responding to the\u200d health \u2064impacts \u200bof \u200cthe \u200dwildfires,\u201d said Secretary Xavier Becerra in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working closely with state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">local health authorities<\/a>, \u200cas well as our partners across the federal government, and stand\u200b ready to provide additional public health and medical\u2062 support.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Update of Wildfires<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 p.m. update<\/a> on Friday, it said firefighters \u200ccontinue &#8220;battling\u200c flare-ups in all three fires&#8221; \u2064that\u200c continue to rage.\u2062 &#8220;The \u2063Lahaina fire is 85 percent\u200b contained. The\u200d Pulehu\/Kihei fire is \u200c80 percent\u2063 contained. The Upcountry Maui fire is 50 percent contained,&#8221; the announcement \u200creads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without a doubt, there will be\u200b more fatalities,&#8221; Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/up-to-1000-people-missing-on-hawaiis-maui-island-as-fires-continue-to-blaze-5458736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As many as 1,000 people<\/a> are still\u2064 missing in \u200bMaui, and can&#8217;t\u200c be contacted, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier said at\u200b a press \u2063conference on Thursday.\u200b However, he \u200bnoted the\u2064 number is &#8220;very fluid,&#8221; and it doesn&#8217;t \u200dindicate the number \u2062of deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Some people may be unable to contact or be contacted by officials because they are in a shelter with power\u2062 and cell service down, he added.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>The hall of historic Waiola Church in \u2064Lahaina\u200d and nearby \u200cLahaina Hongwanji \u2062Mission are engulfed in flames along\u2062 Wainee Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. \u200d8, 2023. (Matthew Thayer\/The Maui News via \u200cAP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u2063 wildfires, predominantly in Maui, started on Tuesday \u200dand\u2063 took island residents by surprise, \u200bwith many survivors\u2063 having\u200d to flee with just the clothes on their backs. It was partly fueled by \u200cdry conditions and strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far\u200c south\u2063 of Hawaii,\u200b according to the National Weather \u200dService.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of\u2063 people \u200dhave been displaced and \u200cwere airlifted out of Maui, \u200cand emergency shelters and hospitals are \u2062overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,700 structures were razed by flames in Lahaina, a \u200chistoric town in\u2063 western Maui that was home\u2063 to around 12,000 people. Much of the town has been wiped out.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Wildfire\u200d wreckage\u200c in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. \u200b10, 2023. \u200d(Rick Bowmer\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Residents of\u200c Lahaina were briefly allowed to return \u2062to their homes \u200con Friday, but Maui Police soon \u2064shut down the \u2064main road into the town in both directions, just before 4 \u2063p.m. local time, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MauiPoliceDepartment\/posts\/672666958229665?__cft__[0]=AZXqYHh7nUoXN_f4VKHT-e71coP7pfV-Zy5PJz9Nd5zZFMIwoKUlAkH1eYc4OjjVp-B-ZZ2-A3i76NfxxHRF2kpFyDkaFvLVTvrk3rvsAItZIaYSmw-z9OHlH0_uXBk2HjQZ2fmVNaUzSTxNCeVb3vz0&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> \u2063on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b a \u2064slightly earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MauiPoliceDepartment\/posts\/672657254897302?__cft__[0]=AZWJI34IgexJxGphHEeGFIASVHU44qEiWqXQe5T_Pc_-MuHbmWfr13SCGLLVlKLbXhMrKG5aGfeY0jAGuKl4CJH00nSoKmh8tsJCkz4K46FwSQ-ftemVF9UP9_b70v_8-TrtaNfpcFa41fusf-pQEpWhoCrqVMJwkrs9w-zJcKgukWODV657p_tPRvUd_uiELlE&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a>, Maui\u200b Police explained that the road to\u2063 Lahaina &#8220;was opened \u200bfor \u200blocal residents to provide medication and \u200bsupplies to their families that\u200b remain in homes\u200b on the west side and in need of such \u200dassistance outside of the fire\/biohazard\u200d zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But \u2064many\u2063 people were\u200c parking on the Lahaina \u200bBypass and walking into nearby areas that were \u2062&#8221;locked down due to\u200b hazardous conditions and biohazards,&#8221; police\u200c noted, and warned that if people continued to disobey orders \u2062to stay out of the area, entry would be closed\u2064 to the public and \u200donly emergency personnel \u2064can\u2064 enter the area.<\/p>\n<p>By late Friday, police confirmed that only authorized personnel are allowed to enter\u2064 the burnt-out disaster zone in Lahaina, and violators would be &#8220;removed from \u200dthe area and may face arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Drink Water: Maui County<\/h2>\n<p>Residents in upper Kula and Lahaina \u2063affected by wildfires who may still have running water have\u200c been warned \u2062by the Maui County water\u2062 agency on Friday not to drink\u200c their water, including boiled water,\u200c and only take short, lukewarm showers \u2062in \u200ba well-ventilated room to avoid\u200c exposure to possible chemical vapors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of tap water, customers \u200dare advised to use only \u200dbottled water for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice,\u200d and\u200d preparing food,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Failure to follow this advisory could result in illness, according to \u200dthe department and \u200dstate Department\u200c of \u200dHealth,&#8221; it continues. &#8220;Due to the wildfires, structures were destroyed and some\u200c areas of\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-67-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/\" title=\"Hawaii wildfires claim 67 lives, new fire forces evacuations.\">water system lost pressure<\/a>.\u2062 Those conditions may have caused\u2062 harmful contaminants, including benzene\u200d and other volatile organic chemicals, to enter the water system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Agency director \u2063John Stufflebean told The Associated Press \u200cthat hundreds of pipes have\u2063 been damaged by the wildfires. Crews are now\u2062 shutting off valves for damaged pipes to avoid further contamination,\u200b and the Department \u2064of \u200bWater Supply will subsequently flush the system, which could take a\u200d few days, he added.<\/p>\n<p>After that, officials plan to test for bacteria and an array of\u200c volatile \u200corganic compounds, following recommendations from the Hawaii State Department of\u2064 Health, Mr. Stufflebean said.<\/p>\n<p>Maui gets drinking water\u200d from streams and aquifers. It\u2062 has a \u200dlarge public water system, but some people are on private, unregulated wells.<\/p>\n<p>  <em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid uncontained wildfires in Hawaii, over 67 deaths have been confirmed. Additionally, a fresh fire erupted in West Maui, leading to the evacuation of residents in Kaanapali. 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