Maui wildfires: Drone video shows Lahaina left in smouldering ruins

Drone footage captured over the weekend showed what was left of Lahaina after wildfires raged through the Hawaiian island of Maui, razing neighbourhoods to the ground and smouldering ruins.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green confirmed that the death toll from the fires has risen to at least 99 people, as of August 14.
The Lahaina fire was 85 per cent contained, after burning an estimated 2,170 acres, according to the County of Maui.
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[@francispeter2344]

Mind boggling to see some houses and trees not touched and everything around them absolutely fried to a crisp.

[@soundscape26]

Most of the trees are black, i.e. dead. Some houses got lucky yes, likely not build of wood.

[@soundscape26]

​@@Wouldntyouliketoknow-Have a better version?

[@soundscape26]

@@Wouldntyouliketoknow- Which is...

[@therealcool1144]

my family lived in lahaina, their house was one of the first few that burnt. They said those people prepared because in 2020 they had the same thing but they got it under control. They made their house wet, installed sprinklers everywhere.

[@CaneFan25]

Result of Direct Energy Weapons……

[@Saltiumine]

0:30 -Already construction work going on ✔ -Beach front for best view from future buildings ✔ -Local homeowners who would not sell and leave their house (which would be demolished) ✔ -Said homes being in the way of planned construction ✔ -Random rapid home fires, with some wealthy owned properties being completely untouched as they were not "in the way of business" ✔ With this being said. I can guarantee you that construction work will come and sweep all of the debris away like nothing and continue building where the houses used to be, and some years in the future this will be a resort that those wealthy people will be making money off of.

[@maxzytaruk8558]

So disgusting, haunting and depressing that that's probably true

[@7butterflyz380]

Look at the 58-second mark. Not even any smoke damage on the blue house. And the white house on the right of the screen. Completely intact, though everything around it is gone. This makes no sense.

[@sal8454]

Weird how the roads have stayed intact, not even burn marks or any melted areas

[@Katie_Marie13]

they probably had a bunch of cars going through them so maybe that cleared them up, or road cleaner

[@ShadowNoCap]

2000+ kids missing 850 people missing 151 dead

[@AllRequired]

I'm more interested in knowing which areas _weren't_ touched. Because I'm seriously betting Mother Nature wasn't behind this mess.

[@dp9948]

Or climate change none sense.

[@matt123411]

This was definitely man-made. The power company had sparks ignite a fire from their powerlines. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing hurricane. If the power company knew that a hurricane was approaching with a high enough wind speed to snap utility poles, then they should have turned off the power. Yes, people would be left in the dark, but a least there wouldn't have been any fires. This is no different than the Paradise fire in California, which was also started by a faulty power line, and then had strong winds to fan the fire.

[@jimbojones101]

They burned paradise and put up apartment blocks! DEW DEW, DEW DEW, DEW. We don't care for the Smith Mundt act, but the truth is spreading like . . . Wildfire!

[@MandoMTL]

Lucky for Oprah, Jeff Bezos and Will Smith, that their mega mansions were spared.

[@MrWallace484]

Weird isn’t it

[@salagramaindiradevi8398]

US has most powerful aircraft and still deliberately didn't do all efforts to stop fires and alarm was not active. Is this a way of backing real estate industry by government. As an outsider this is what I feel.

[@gatorent.productionbuffrec8797]

The rich about to buy the land up quick

[@Saltiumine]

Which was the plan from the start. Look at that beautiful beach front that all those poor people homes were in the way of! -Joe Biden probably

[@Kraken9911]

Just clearing out for the billionaire to move in.

[@EriPages]

Bruh...how are the trees with leaves still standing without issue?

[@RogueSamd]

It doesn't seem right, how is that possible its like they let all burn on purpose.

[@mikeklassic78]

Are they sure it was just "a fire?" This looks like the aftermath of Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb touched down! Was everything made out of matchsticks???

[@Karen-hj3we]

The evil men do. Praying for Lahaina in Jesus name. Amen

[@maxzytaruk8558]

Just thinking about the suffering that kust have occured. Depressing. Life seems so cruel. Genuinely in tears

[@GingerNinja1]

But then, the gvt added insult to injury with how their being treated. 😢

[@shorty4111]

How can it be that some houses and trees not burnt?

[@rjm474]

I think in Hawaii they mainly use wood for home construction, I would assume that most of the buildings still standing are mainly built with brick, or they just got extremely lucky. As you can see though every house that has burnt to the ground was built using mostly wood, except for the few where you can see the house is gone but the walls made of brick remain.

[@shorty4111]

@@rjm474 all this is very misterious

[@shorty4111]

@@rjm474 i believe theres more to it than meeting the eye.

[@rjm474]

@@shorty4111 Yeah a Storm knocked down power lines, which ignited a fire, which then spread across the entire town because of the strong winds from the storm

[@shorty4111]

@@rjm474 i was not there but what i can tell is that poeple that lives there are saying that theres more to that than meeting the eye.if my and many others poeple houses burns down and i get a call from Investors that wanna buy the land than theres something fishy about that.and whrn i heard about that this Was not the first time to ask to give up the Hauses and the Land than there have to be a further look into this issue.and i heard that the insurence doesnt wanna pay the poeple-hmm?! suspicious...i also heard a buch of other stuff but i i weiter this down that would take to long....so thats something fishy about this thing

[@emptythrone75]

Only houses are burnt to a crisp, not even burn marks on the roads! The trees stayed intact and green! This is not natural at all, i know how fires look like, first thing to be burnt is trees, the marks of burning should be connected. Those houses look like they were wrecked then fire was set on the ruins.

[@phuckyoucensorme]

Are tropical islands known for wildfires? Must be pretty dry surrounded by all that water.

[@arkoutarkout3654]

It was grass not native to the island just another poorly run city

[@therealcool1144]

If you've been to lahaina, you'll see the hills are just full of grasses. They once grew sugar cane there, now its all gone and the trees are also gone.

[@tjs200]

The Hawaiian islands, especially the western side of the islands are fairly arid. The climate of this part of Maui is essentially savanna.

[@o.g.fratbona1758]

Smh that’s crazy

[@cb738]

There a Church that was left unscathed by the fire. A Catholic Church…. Maria Lanakila Catholic Church sitting in the middle of the town. It’s incredible and miraculous that it did not sustain any damage.

[@mimikhan9546]

Need to question why? Who owns it? Who is it run by? And for whom???

[@jimgiordano3613]

Nature or man made?canada -Quebec/Ontario/BC/paradise fire USA.????

[@christianhughes1534]

Oh my good lord. My heart is broken for these poor souls. Why did it take your president 5 days to even acknowledge this disaster. I hope to god he is planning on helping these people. They need the military and a disaster relief package.

[@elinebrock5660]

They had an emergency declaration and federal resources on the ground within 6 hours. Just because Biden didn't talk or brag about it doesn't mean he didn't do anything.

[@Karen-hj3we]

Americans aren't even on the list to be helped. I am praying for help from God. We are in evil times

[@pinkdink1210]

Instead, they sent another several BILLION to Ukraine... only $700 per household for Lahaina residence.

[@GingerNinja1]

@christianhuges1534 He may hold the title of American president, but I didn't vote for him nor do I support anything he & his supporters have done to ruin our country! He's despicable telling lies that his house caught fire & almost lost his wife, cat & his corvette. Smh, it was a kitchen fire that was fully contained within 20 minutes. He is a shell of a man & just a puppet for those pulling his strings. This entire situation is tragic & disgraceful all in one.

[@outandaboot9647]

:58 house surrounded by burned down units and now even smoke marks on the plastic siding 20 feet away are you kidding me

[@danahsutton101]

I've seen a lot of blue houses and cars that look not burned?

[@ruruoantfalo6348]

Why trees are still standing????

[@user-tz9sf4pv5q]

But there is sea why fire fighters did not overtake

[@hermes1529]

“ by the power of the five-point star, spirits be you near or far, I call on thee to hear this cry, Spirits that protect come now and fly, Oh spirts now I ask of thee, To protect us from dark energy, So more it be… so more it be… so more it be.“

[@Erdbeerkuchen105]

Go to God not your spirits .

[@Leggir]

They will rebuild, hope with fire-resistant material.

[@arkoutarkout3654]

Yes that looks like a critical factor

[@snowfan0521]

Not likely, the vultures are already swooping in to buy up all of the burned land to turn into expensive developments

[@anumanuva2431]

Nothing dew can't sort out?

[@Paul-jp5xf]

Lilloet still looks like this…..😢

[@maxzytaruk8558]

Yes and Lytton :/

[@billhorning4023]

Dam looks just like Paradise, Santa Rosa, L.A. , etc. There's no way a fire does this ... but a big laser will. Or a fire-nado

[@blessedinpark]

DEW

[@MrUranium238]

lot of wooden houses with wooden roofs?

[@therealcool1144]

Not wooden roofs but lots of old style homes from the 1930's. Interior is wooden. My relatives homes were at least 70 years old. Wooden interiors such as walls.

[@zumratxodjimetova6222]

Жаль 😢

[@GdamRight]

pizdets

[@TheSeawolf277]

So theres trees with green leaves 60 feet away from cars that literally melted?

[@muscleman125]

notice how all the blue things are undamaged

[@sassycindy311]

Why are there still trees 🤔

[@arkoutarkout3654]

They rich people water their grass and build homes to code

[@tjs200]

Have you never seen the aftermath of a wildfire before? Trees get charred, they don’t just disappear?

[@soundscape26]

Yeah, they haven't been vaporized but they're dead.

[@sonlover62]

@@tjs200 ... but houses do?--to the ground?--including concrete foundations? And cars ... melted into the road? But trees are still good. Got it.

[@soundscape26]

@@sonlover62 The trees are still "good"? Damn, most of them are charred... the "good" trees that remain are those close to the houses that didn't burn.

[@myvisilver7110]

Look like no firemen town.

[@dolcevitausa6448]

decimated...

[@alisonprummel3894]

😢😢😢😢

[@johnvannorman7442]

soon to be a new playground for the elites

[@spacechannel9137]

Reminds me of the scarification when someone gets tattoos removed...

[@angelicaramirez_-]

If they can’t care about Hawaii what makes everyone think they’ll take care of our homes and people in bad times our government is so low. All executive legislative judicial have a part not just the president.

[@iammovingtokorea]

...but don't you know - it's global boiling...

[@lydericmaes6278]

Wildfires 😂😂😂😂

[@gatorent.productionbuffrec8797]

I never saw controlled perfectly targeted burn.Only in the movies everything burns down but where the hero at. In this life movie all the ruch ppl homes left standing perfect prime view spot 🤨🤔🫣

[@mitchie124]

Agenda 2030

[@soundscape26]

Burn a small town in Hawaii?

[@tehabnorm]

​@@soundscape26yep Maui plus look it up

[@DrSpooglemon]

"No comment." ~ Joe Biden

[@thisgirl5933]

He is a husk of a man, dead inside now.

[@nardzcarriaga6211]

last resort.. by eagles

[@TheRajmoney]

well, what happend to all the tax money? will they help replace these homes ? NOPE

[@TheRajmoney]

"No commen" - joe biden

[@Pepe46873]

What part of Canada is this? Is their no stories here to be reporting on? Do all reservations have clean drinking water like Trudeau promised yet?

[@phuckyoucensorme]

One of the Hawaiian islands

[@arkoutarkout3654]

Local Canadian news is just about drug crime, but we can't show that

[@steveharrigan7811]

Most of Canada has clean drinking water.......The grifters have to move off the reservations and become Canadian citizens like the rest of us.......And while were on the subject, these reservations with water problems have been getting millions in grants from the federal government, and they still dont have clean water?.......PLEASE !!!

[@MetaView7]

God is upset.

[@nightstorm9872]

Karma is happening to the US who has started wars and keeps funding wars.

[@MrWallace484]

Make houses out of brick next time instead of straw

[@elinebrock5660]

What is with the Three Little Pigs reference? These buildings were not new. Wood was used for building at the time these buildings were erected. Empathy and sympathy cose you nothing, buddy. These people lost EVERYTHING including friends, neighbours and family members. A little compassion wouldn't kill you.

[@Jim79234]

Trudeaus fault? 🤡🫢

[@leannrichards2222]

The Lord's showing people of Hawaii what's important. Don't be deceived by democrats lust for power & control. Attacking HIS vessels will result in more of the same. ♥️🙏

[@gustabeumer688]

I do not think it was the democrats. It is a plot by the rich people wanting the waterfront and the Maui people did not want to sell their houses. Senator Green also wants the land. Maybe he can make a fast buck.

[@Jeckle6633]

Funny that the FDA is now saying “ivermectin” is ok to treat “covid”

[@arkoutarkout3654]

And natural immunity is good now too lol

[@soundscape26]

Great but you are in the wrong video.

[@arkoutarkout3654]

@@soundscape26 no any video is the right video , to remind MSM that we know they full of s#$t

[@arkoutarkout3654]

@@soundscape26 and previous infection now counts towards herd immunity too

[@arkoutarkout3654]

You forgot Masks didn't work

[@Talkless142]

looks like a cemetry , the community enjoyed the winds all these years .. who would have expected winds and fire will join forces to destroy a whole town....Also blame the woke politicians for not releaseing water on time

[@Solom_T]

LGBTQ