(Macaia Composite Electric) The number of victims of the fire victims of Maojima in Hawaii increased to 80.The severity of the disaster was shocking. Whether the alarm in the newspaper had sounded as one of the focus of the investigation at the time of the incident.
Reuters pointed out that there is an emergency alarm on the island to warn natural disasters and other threats, but the alarm does not seem to sound when a fire occurs.
Hawaii Governor Green on Friday (August 11) told the media that he had ordered a comprehensive review to find out why the wild fire spread so quickly and whether the people received the alarm in time.
Maoyi County Fire Team Chiefs Wentura said on Thursday (10th) that wildfires were rapid and frontline rescue workers communicated with emergency management officials.He mentioned that the community residents who had initially caused a fire basically evacuated by themselves without receiving any notice.
Residents: No notice received many people jumping into the Pacific Self -rescue
Some residents also reported that they did not get notified in advance and described the fire to devour Laheine in a few minutes.Many people were forced to jump into the Pacific Self -rescue.
U.S. CNN (CNN) flipped through the emergency planning documents of Hawaii and local governments pointed out that Hawaiian officials underestimated the fatal threat of wild fire.
It is reported that in a report in Maoyi County as early as 2021, the land area of wildfire burned was surging, but the lack of funds for preventing and slowing the threat of wildfire.The report also said that the strategic plan of the Mao County Fire Department did not mention and what measures should be taken to prevent fire prevention. This is a "major omissions".
The number of victims has increased to 80 and 1418 emergency evacuation
Officials from Maoyi County said that as of Friday evening, the number of victims of the fire had increased to 80, and another 1418 were evacuated to the refuge.
The fire burned up to 1,000 buildings and houses, and thousands of people were homeless.The search and rescue operation is still ongoing, and the number of officials warned that the number of deaths will continue to increase.
Officials of Maoyi County said that Laheine's fire was still burning, but 85 % of the fire had been controlled.The other two wild fires on the island were controlled by 80 % and 50 %, respectively.
The island of Maidi is the second largest island of Hawaii, with a population of more than 100,000 on the island.Some research institutions have preliminarily estimated that the fire has caused at least $ 1.3 billion (about S $ 1.76 billion) in property losses.
