Original title: Live from the main station｜The fire broke out in Maui, Hawaii for more than ten days
It has been more than ten days since the fire broke out in Maui, Hawaii, and there are still about a thousand people missing. Local survivors feel helpless and disappointed. Currently, the official death toll remains at 114. But according to local people, the death toll from the fire is expected to grow further.
The death toll will continue to grow
Ruo Sodi, a resident of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA:The FBI guys, they’re all in Maui, they’re trying to find all the bodies or take an inventory of all the bodies. But I think the number of victims (the number) will rise, and I think there are still a lot of missing people. I had a relative who unfortunately didn’t survive the fire and they found the body, but it wasn’t a body, it was ashes.
Who is to blame if there is no water to put out the fire?still no response
The local people were also outraged by the water cut-off when the fire broke out. However, no one or relevant parties have responded to these responsibilities.
Ruo Sodi, a resident of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA:(During the firefighting work) the water was turned off. During the fire, there was no water at all! no water! That’s why we can’t protect our house. We don’t have an answer yet. Why didn’t they supply water, or why did they turn off the floodgates? I haven’t heard anyone answer this question.
The local people have no choice but to wait
In addition to the long-delayed accountability and the continued increase in the number of victims, the local people also need to face the plight of post-disaster life. But until the local rescuers complete all the search and rescue tasks and the task of cleaning up the fire debris, it seems that all the local people can do is wait.
Ke Hai, a resident of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA:They may find more remains in the fire (wreckage). A little hopeless and helpless because there is nothing we can do right now. We want to rebuild our homes, but we need to know that some more will be found. Moreover, many of those collapsed houses may be made of asbestos tiles, which are poisonous and harmful substances. So we need to clean up these (wreckage) before we can rebuild our homes. So I know it’s going to be a while.
(CCTV reporter Liu Xu Baifan)
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2023-08-21 05:52:00
