A local resident who has led grassroots relief efforts in Maui told Breitbart News in a recent exclusive interview the Maui police chief's claim that officers tried to evacuate people is a 'total lie.'
In fact, as late as 4:45 p.m. local time, Maui County officials encouraged residents to “shelter in place unless evacuations are ordered,” according to an archive of the. According to Civil Beat, people were jumping into the ocean “less an hour later, around 5:30 p.m.”
One resident said police were out trying to evacuate people — but after the fire first started in Lahaina around 6:30 a.m.Washington Post Another resident, Ingrid Lynch, told the Civil Beat that officers were at her house in the morning to take a report about a fallen tree, but they did not mention that a fire had already ignited.Hermo-Fernandez said police had actually inadvertently worsened the situation during the fires by creating bottlenecks. “In fact, the police made a mistake.
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