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IN REFERENCE TO HAWAII FIRE:
MPD responds to use of barricades in Lahaina fire
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/27/mpd-responds-use-barricades-lahaina-fire/
Aug. 27, 2023
This week, Maui’s police chief explained why barricades were set up.
“Downed power lines, which would kill you if you drove over them — Or a fire that’s engulfed the area,” said MPD Chief John Pelletier.
“So there was a point when we didn’t let traffic into Front Street because Front Street was on fire. But we did not impede people from exiting the area.”
This comes as Maui County is suing HECO for allegedly causing the fires by not shutting off power ahead of time due to the high winds and dry brush.
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Maui residents blocked from escaping fire by authorities’ road barricades
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-timeline-maui-lahaina-road-block-c8522222f6de587bd14b2da0020c40e9
Aug 24, 2023
Authorities barricaded the only paved road out of the town of Lahaina, blocking residents from leaving as a devastating fire swept across Maui earlier this month, survivors of the deadly disaster said, according to The Associated Press.
While Maui Police Chief John Pelletier insisted no one was prevented from escaping one of the deadliest wildfires in American history, survivors said authorities closed the Hanoapiilani Highway and a bypass out of Lahaina.
One family who drove around the barricades survived the blaze.
“Nobody realized how little time we really had,” said Nate Baird, who drove his wife and two young sons to safety. “Like even us being from the heart of the fire, we did not comprehend. Like, we literally had minutes and one wrong turn. We would all be dead right now.”
The AP reported that a woman and her 3-year-old daughter escaped the fire by taking a dirt road to a neighboring town. Another mother and her two children were forced to ignore traffic rules to flee the deadly fire.