{"id":2011114,"date":"2023-08-24T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfire-survivors-claim-authorities-blocked-only-road-out\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:27:53","slug":"maui-wildfire-survivors-claim-authorities-blocked-only-road-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfire-survivors-claim-authorities-blocked-only-road-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui wildfire survivors allege authorities obstructed sole escape route."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmaui-wildfire-survivors-claim-authorities-blocked-only-road-out%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=2011114&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\">(Photo by PAULA RAMON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>2:17 AM \u2013 Thursday, August 24, \u200d2023<\/h2>\n<p>Residents who survived the tragic Maui wildfires stated that\u2064 authorities were \u200bblocking the only road out.<\/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>Survivors of one of the\u2062 deadliest fires \u2063in the United States have reported\u2062 that the \u200dnight of the fire the only paved road, Highway 30, out of the Lahaina town was barricaded by authorities as the fire \u2062approached. <\/p>\n<p>Residents claimed that Front Street \u2064had become a \u200btraffic jam, trapping many people in their cars. Lines of burnt cars can \u2064be seen in video footage of \u2062the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Press reported that utility employees were blocking at\u200c least one road out of Lahaina and directing traffic\u200c back \u200ctoward town to protect people from driving\u2064 over downed power wires.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, a family swerved through the blocked road and made\u200d it to a\u2062 nearby town, while another drove their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfire-survivors-claim-authorities-blocked-only-road-out\/\" title=\"Maui wildfire survivors allege authorities obstructed sole escape route.\">4-wheel-drive vehicle<\/a> down a gravel road \u2064to escape. <\/p>\n<p>One survivor claimed that he climbed a dirt road uphill, above the fire, and watched Lahaina \u200dburn. He later worked \u2062his\u2064 way through the flames and smoke to rescue people.<\/p>\n<p>Kekoa Lansford, who made several trips into town to look for survivors, said that \u200bwhat he found was horrible &#8220;with dead bodies and flames\u200b like a hellish movie scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I could see from the bypass that people were \u200cstuck on the balconies, so\u2064 I went down and checked it out,&#8221; said Lansford. &#8220;And I could see that people were on fire, that the fire was \u2063just being stoked by the wind, and being pushed toward the homes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maui Police Chief\u2062 John Pelletier released a statement where he argued that the department did not stop people from leaving and were rather helping \u2064them evacuate. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;If there is a downed power \u200dline, that was live, we want to make sure you didn&#8217;t go over\u200b a downed power line,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Police officers that night, that day, that afternoon, they were driving\u2064 up and down with their PA&#8217;s pleading with people to get out. They were knocking on doors. They were doing everything they could. They knocked down\u2064 a fence \u2062on Lahainaluna to get people out because they needed to get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, \u2063Maui was \u2064devastated, with Lahaina bearing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/emergency-hawaiian-fires-rage-on-forcing-some-locals-to-flee-into-ocean\/\">brunt of one of the deadliest wildfires<\/a> in modern American\u200c history. So far, 115 individuals have been confirmed \u2062deceased, with an estimated 800-1,000 more still missing.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Many say \u2062the Biden Administration \u200dhas sold out \u2062the American People when it comes to\u200b keeping our country safe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Biden says Putin is \u200bbehind the Wagner Group Leader Prigozhin\u2019s downed plane, while America&#8217;s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, turns himself in.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The rapper who gained viral fame with his hit song &#8220;Boycott Target,&#8221; Forgiato Blow, discuss his timely new song \u2062that tackles one \u200bof the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-tucker-carlson-to-release-interview-online-as-gop-debates-commence\/\" title=\"Trump and Tucker Carlson to release online interview during GOP debates.\">biggest current news stories<\/a>: Trump&#8217;s indictments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Make America Great Again Inc. spokeswoman Karoline\u200d Leavitt blasts President Joe Biden&#8217;s record on\u2062 the economy, saying \u2064American voters will remember 45th President Donald\u200b Trump&#8217;s booming success in that \u2062regard.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery said on Thursday it was adding a new offering to its Max\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Investors with short position on Nvidia lost $826 million in mark-to-market losses on Thursday, data from analytics firm S3 Partners\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Meta\u200c Platforms on Thursday said it would release an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to assist in writing computer code,\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tatiana Bautzer \u2062NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Citigroup has \u2064acquired \u2063a stake in Peruvian foreign exchange startup Rextie, its first fintech \u200dinvestment\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>out of Maui was blocked by authorities, leaving residents trapped and unable to escape. This revelation adds to the growing criticism of the handling of the wildfires, raising questions about the effectiveness of emergency response and evacuation procedures. The survivors&#8217; accounts shed light on the desperate situation faced by those affected by the devastating blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":2011116,"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-2011114","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\/2011114","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\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}