An Illinois man arrived at O'Hare Airport Thursday from Maui Thursday morning and described the devastation from the wildfires on the island.
Mark Mautino from Spring Valley, Illinois said he and his wife travel to Hawaii all the time for vacation.Maui glows an eerie orange, lighting up the night sky with plumes of smoke billowing from the Hawaiian island as wildfires burn uncontrollably."I remember getting back to our place," he said. "We thought a storm was rolling in and it was all the smoke from Lahaina."
"I remember getting back to our place. We thought a storm was rolling in and it was all the smoke from Lahaina." Officials said that at least 36 people have died in the horrific fires, whipped up by very dry conditions and intense winds."A lot more damage than I was a aware of - very devastating losses to our community," Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. "Upwards of hundreds of homes, businesses, and dwellings burned to the ground."
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