'I’ve had reports that places around our clinic are burned to the ground, so my guess is our clinic is too.'Īll the Hawaiian islands are under a red flag warning through 6 p.m. It sounds like a couple of our employees have lost their homes,' Prouty said. There’s just no news there, no cell service so nobody can get any information. 'All reports coming out of Lahaina are super sketchy right now. Justin Prouty, owner of Minit Medical Urgent Care, said he assumes his Lahaina facility is no longer standing. “Our employees who live out there are calling to say, ‘Yeah, we’re all right. Employees who live in Lahaina have called out of work, but so far appear to be safe, he added.

It looks like the second floor is heavily damaged,' Alakai said.Īlakai said Maui Medical Group operates four additional outpatient clinics outside Lahaina that are open to patients, but many Lahaina residents are hesitant to leave the area because road closures would prevent them from returning home, he said. 'One of our IT people found a picture and put a circle around our clinic. Hara, adjutant general for the state.Īlso sent with one of the Chinooks is an “enhanced emergency response force package,” which involves a specialized team capable of confined space search and rescue, he said.Ĭliff Alakai, an administrator at Maui Medical Group, said he learned on Facebook that the group's Lahaina urgent care facility was damaged. Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters with water buckets, as well as three CH-47 Chinook with 2,000 gallon water buckets, have been or were being sent to Maui today to help, said Maj. “We will rebuild,” Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said at a news briefing. She said the state will provide whatever assistance possible, and federal aid was also sent or being sent to help in the wildfires and the aftermath. Zeke Kalua / County of Maui via AFP - Getty Images

A wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Wednesday. Sylvia Luke, who is acting governor until the governor returns early from a trip, said. It’s going to take weeks and maybe months to assess the full damage,” Lt. “This is not going to be a short journey. It’s expected to take weeks before officials know the full scale of the damage to Maui in the wake of wildfires, Hawaii’s lieutenant governor said today.

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