Some residents fled into the ocean, where they were rescued by the US coast guard
People watch as smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in Lahaina. Photograph: Alan Dickar via APFast-moving wildfires on the island of Maui in Hawaii have killed six people and overwhelmed some residents so suddenly that they were forced to take refuge in the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday.
Six people have been confirmed dead on the island of Maui, Richard T Bissen Jr, the mayor of Maui County, said at a news conference Wednesday morning. Search and rescue crews were looking for more people in the area.On the western side of Maui, some residents fled by swimming into the ocean, where they were rescued by the US coast guard, Maui County officials said. Others escaped by car, driving past flames in the shadow of the West Maui Mountains.
Roads into west Maui were closed to everyone except emergency workers Wednesday morning, officials said, effectively cutting off access from outside to some of Hawaii’s best-known resorts. In Lahaina, a town of about 12,000 people, all roads were closed, officials said. Dora, a Category 4 storm, remained more than 700 miles south of Honolulu on Wednesday and did not make landfall in Hawaii. Although the hurricane was not directly responsible for the conditions in the state, it has helped strengthen the winds, according to Robert Bohlin, a meteorologist in the weather service’s Honolulu office.
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