LIVE UPDATES: At least 80 people killed in Maui wildfires • Maui County could cost $5.52 billion to rebuild, officials say • Air and water contaminants released by 'toxic' burning areas could be a health hazard, officials warn
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Alex Lee, from North Carolina, was visiting Maui with his family when they saw"dark smoke" and then a"puff" that got bigger and bigger, he told NBC's Tom Llamas. His family decided to evacuate as a precaution and camp out at the airport in Maui until they could catch a flight home."It's been rough; a rough couple of days," Lee said, sitting next to a makeshift bed on the floor.
Others vacating in Hawaii have been forced to do the same. Two families who were vacationing together had been at the airport for more than 30 hours."It's very sad," one of the women said of the destruction the fire left behind.Maui County unable to open a fuel distribution center at Pu'ukoli'i SaturdayMaui County announced that because of the new fire at Pu’ukoli’i on the evening of Aug.
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