Even before the fire, Maui had a severe housing shortage.
people have moved into hotel rooms. Many others are staying with family and friends — stopgap accommodations while they look for longer-term housing.
In the wake of this disaster, about 25 to 30 children have been staying here, and as many as 50 or 60 adults. That’s a lot of people. But Travis Cabanilla Okano, who is here with his wife, three kids and other relatives says it’s really not that unusual. They grabbed their kids, jumped into their car and immediately were caught in a traffic jam as residents and tourists scrambled to escape the approaching fire. Miller says by the time they made it to Okano’s parents’ house in another part of Lahaina, the fire had spread. She says it sounded like a series of bombs going off. “It was the propane tanks blowing up,” Miller says. “And, the junkyard, all the cars, the gas tanks. It was literally like every…ten seconds, boom, boom, boom.
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