{"id":587267,"date":"2023-08-15T02:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lahaina-fire-looked-like-armageddon-firefighter-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T02:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:55:58","slug":"lahaina-fire-looked-like-armageddon-firefighter-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lahaina-fire-looked-like-armageddon-firefighter-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lahaina fire \u2018looked like Armageddon,\u2019 firefighter says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kohler and her husband, Jonny Varona, who is also a firefighter, lived in Lahaina, and their home was among the thousands lost in the fire.<\/p>\n

Kohler was on duty that day and worked the Lahaina fire, while Varona was home with their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that could go, that came into play, that could possibly limit our resources, our help, our town, happ<\/a>ened,\u201d Kohler said. \u201cAnd there was some stuff \u2014 a lot of stuff \u2014 that was out of our control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Varona, at home with the children, could tell the fire was serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the smoke and knew it wasn\u2019t good \u2014 the colors and the popping that was coming from it were explosions,\u201d Varona said. \u201cI knew it was structures, so I knew to take my kids and get out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Varona went to the fire station to see whether someone could take his kids so he could help, too. \u201cEverybody was out. Everybody was gone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kohler said that as firefighters fought the Lahaina fire that day, her thoughts centered on: \u201cWhere can we stop it? Where can we cut it off?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith high winds like that, you want to predict \u2014 OK, we can stop it here, let\u2019s make a stance here. That\u2019s what everybody was thinking,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Information about what was on fire was coming so fast, Kohler said. Winds gusted at over 60 mph, officials have said.<\/p>\n

Kohler said she witnessed \u201cpeople running for their lives, people being carried out, people being rescued, people getting stuck. Power lines were already down before the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fire in Lahaina struck at the worst possible time, Kohler said. Half of resources were on the other side of the island fighting another wildfire, the Kula fire, she said.<\/p>\n

Kohler said the wind was a major factor. High winds struck the island as Hurricane Dora, a Category 4 storm, passed south of Hawaii, officials said.<\/p>\n

The fact that water pressure was low might be explained by the fire\u2019s having destroyed so many homes, causing the system to be opened up, Varona said, although he said he did not know the cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be mad at something,\u201d Kohler said. But she stopped herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cFocus on the positive is what I need to do.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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