August 17, 2023
by Michael
The death toll from the fires increased to 111 on Wednesday night but lawmaker Elle Cochran, who is in the Hawaii House of Representatives, said it could grow to hundreds as search operations continue.
Cochran fears many of the dead could be children because many schools in Lahaina, the historic town that has been ruined, were closed on the day of the fires due to power outages. A lot of children stayed at home while their parents were at work and might have been trapped and perished.
These kids had no way of being notified about the fires via television or radio because the power was out.
Of course the sirens could have made them aware that something was wrong, but the sirens never sounded.
Thankfully, many residents of Lahaina were able to save themselves by literally going into the ocean.
But now the survivors are being kept from receiving much needed assistance.
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