{"id":1998654,"date":"2023-08-12T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-80-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T10:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T14:04:53","slug":"death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-80-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-80-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii wildfires claim 80 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-80-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=1998654&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 \u200byet contained in Hawaii,\u2062 at least 80 people have been confirmed dead and a\u2064 new\u200d fire has also since broken out in West \u200bMaui.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u2063fire has triggered the \u2063evacuation of\u200c people in the \u2064community of\u200c Kaanapali\u200b late Friday, police \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MauiPoliceDepartment\/posts\/672741634888864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> \u2064on\u200b Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time, there are no restrictions to exit the west side. Our\u2064 priority is to \u2062ensure the \u2063safety of the community and first \u200cresponders. We will allow entrance once it is safe to do so,&#8221; according to \u200bthe announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\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\u200c in\u200d Maui Wildfire &#8216;War Zone&#8217;<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div>8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/entertainment\/maui-residents-plagued-by-wildfires-ask-for-help-from-billionaire-residents-and-others-5459993\">Maui \u200dResidents Plagued by Wildfires Ask\u200d for Help From Billionaire Residents and Others<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div>8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/worst-nightmare-maui-residents-caught-in-wildfires-before-official-alerts-5459744\">\u2018Worst Nightmare\u2019: \u200dMaui Residents Caught in Wildfires Before Official Alerts<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div>8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the same day, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a public health emergency. \u2063The <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 \u200cdeclaration<\/a> \u200c gives\u200d the Centers for Medicare and \u2063Medicaid Services (CMS) to have <a href=\"https:\/\/aspr.hhs.gov\/legal\/1135-Waivers\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more flexibility<\/a> in meeting emergency\u200d health needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. It comes\u2063 after \u2063President Joe Biden approved a\u2064 <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 \u2062declaration<\/a> for Hawaii \u200con\u2063 Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do all \u200dwe can to assist Hawaii officials with responding to the health\u200b impacts \u200dof\u200c the wildfires,\u201d said Secretary Xavier Becerra in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u2064 working \u2063closely with state and local health authorities, \u200das well \u200das our partners across the federal government, and stand \u200cready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-80-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/\" title=\"Hawaii wildfires claim 80 lives, new fire forces evacuations.\">provide additional public health<\/a> and medical support.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\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 \u200dp.m. update<\/a> on Friday, it \u2064said firefighters continue\u200c &#8220;battling flare-ups in all three fires&#8221; that continue\u2063 to rage. &#8220;The Lahaina fire\u2062 is 85 percent contained. \u2062The Pulehu\/Kihei fire \u2064is 80 \u2063percent contained. The Upcountry Maui\u200d fire is 50 percent contained,&#8221; the announcement reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without a \u200cdoubt, \u2062there will be more \u2064fatalities,&#8221; Hawaii\u200b Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat,\u2063 said \u2064on 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 \u200bpeople<\/a> are still missing in Maui, and can&#8217;t be contacted, Maui County \u200cPolice Chief John \u200bPelletier said \u200bat a\u2064 press conference on Thursday. However,\u2063 he noted the number \u200dis &#8220;very fluid,&#8221; and it doesn&#8217;t indicate the\u200b number of deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Some people may be\u200b unable to contact\u2064 or be contacted by officials because they are in a shelter \u2064with power and cell service down, he\u200b added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a\u200b late\u2063 evening statement, <span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Maui<\/span> County said \u2063that the death toll\u200b had risen to 80, making\u2063 the fire Hawaii&#8217;s deadliest natural disaster in state history. The record\u2063 was previously\u2062 held by a tsunami in Hilo in \u200c1960, which resulted in 61\u200d confirmed deaths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u2063Lahaina fire \u2063is not yet contained,&#8221;\u200b the county \u2062noted in a statement earlier in\u200b the\u200c day.<\/p>\n<h2>Update of \u200bWildfires<\/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 flare-ups in\u200d all three fires&#8221; that continue to rage. \u2064&#8221;The Lahaina fire is 85 percent \u2062contained. The Pulehu\/Kihei fire\u200c is 80 percent \u200ccontained. The\u2063 Upcountry \u200bMaui fire is 50 percent contained,&#8221; the announcement reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without \u200ba doubt,\u2062 there will \u200dbe more fatalities,&#8221; \u2063Hawaii \u200cGov.\u200b Josh Green, a Democrat, said on\u2062 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 missing in Maui, and\u200c can&#8217;t be contacted, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier said at a press conference on Thursday. However, he noted the number\u200d is &#8220;very fluid,&#8221; \u2062and it doesn&#8217;t\u2062 indicate the \u200cnumber of deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Some \u2062people may be unable to contact or be contacted by officials because they are in a shelter with power and cell service down, he\u2064 added.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>The hall of historic \u2062Waiola Church in\u2064 Lahaina \u200band nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 8, 2023. (Matthew Thayer\/The Maui News \u2062via \u200cAP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wildfires, predominantly in Maui, started on Tuesday and\u200c took island residents by surprise, with many survivors having to flee \u2062with just the clothes on their backs. It was\u2063 partly\u2063 fueled by dry conditions and strong winds from Hurricane Dora\u2064 passing far\u2063 south \u2063of\u200d Hawaii, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have been displaced and were airlifted out of Maui, and emergency shelters and hospitals \u2062are overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>At\u2062 least 1,700 structures were razed by\u2064 flames in Lahaina, a\u2063 historic town \u2064in \u2062western Maui that \u2062was home to \u2064around\u200c 12,000 \u200cpeople. Much of the town has been wiped out.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii, on\u2062 Aug. 10,\u200b 2023. (Rick Bowmer\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Residents of \u2063Lahaina were briefly allowed\u200c to return to their homes on Friday, but Maui Police soon shut down the main road \u200dinto the \u2062town in both directions, just before 4 p.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> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2063slightly earlier\u200b <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\u200c Police explained that the road to Lahaina\u200b &#8220;was opened for local residents to provide medication and supplies \u2064to their families that remain in homes on \u2063the west side and in need\u200c of such assistance outside of\u200b the fire\/biohazard zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But \u2064many people were \u2062parking on \u200cthe Lahaina Bypass and walking into nearby areas that were\u2064 &#8220;locked down due to hazardous conditions \u200band biohazards,&#8221; police noted, and\u200b warned \u2062that if\u200d people continued to disobey\u2063 orders to\u2064 stay out \u2062of the area, entry would \u2063be closed to the public and \u2063only \u2062emergency personnel\u200d can\u200d enter the area.<\/p>\n<p>By late Friday, police\u2062 confirmed that only authorized\u2063 personnel\u2064 are allowed to enter the burnt-out disaster zone in Lahaina, and violators\u200b would \u2062be &#8220;removed from \u200cthe\u2063 area and may face arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Drink Water: Maui County<\/h2>\n<p>Residents in upper Kula and \u200dLahaina \u2062affected by wildfires who may still have running\u2062 water\u2063 have \u2064been warned by the Maui County water\u2064 agency on Friday not to drink their water,\u200c including boiled\u2063 water, and only take short, lukewarm showers in a\u2064 well-ventilated room to avoid exposure to \u200dpossible chemical\u200b vapors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of tap water, customers are\u2064 advised to use only bottled water for \u200ddrinking, brushing teeth, making ice, and 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 \u2064in illness, according \u200dto \u200cthe \u2063department and state Department of Health,&#8221; it continues. &#8220;Due to the\u200d wildfires,\u200d structures were \u2064destroyed and\u200d some areas of 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>.\u2063 Those\u200d conditions may have caused harmful\u2063 contaminants, including benzene and\u2063 other volatile organic chemicals, to enter the water system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Agency \u2064director John Stufflebean told The Associated Press that hundreds of \u200bpipes have been damaged by the wildfires. Crews are now shutting\u2062 off valves\u2062 for damaged pipes to avoid further contamination, and the Department \u200bof Water Supply will subsequently flush the system, which could take a \u2064few days, he added.<\/p>\n<p>After\u200c that,\u2063 officials\u200c plan to test for bacteria and an\u200b array of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epa-emergency-waiver-lifts-restrictions-in-ethanol-gasoline-in-desperate-attempt-to-lower-prices\/\" title=\"EPA Emergency Waiver Lifts Restrictions in Ethanol Gasoline in Desperate Attempt to Lower Prices\">volatile organic compounds<\/a>, following recommendations from the Hawaii \u200dState Department of Health, Mr. Stufflebean said.<\/p>\n<p>Maui gets drinking water from streams and aquifers. It has a large public water system, but some people are on private, unregulated wells.<\/p>\n<p>  <em>The Associa<\/em>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid uncontained wildfires in Hawaii, over 80 deaths have been confirmed. Additionally, a fresh fire erupted in West Maui, leading to the evacuation of residents in Kaanapali. 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