Maui residents recounted hearing “screams of horror” as wildfires engulfed areas of the Hawaiian island.
Residents of Lahaina, a resort town on the island, were told to jump into the ocean as flames approached the town.
Ydriss Nouara told Sky News that police told him to jump into the sea as they could not rescue him from the encroaching flames.
“The ocean was pulling us, we had debris falling on us, we were trying to get wet and not burn,” Nouara said, adding he was in the water for around three hours before being rescued.
Residents of Lahaina, a resort town on the island, were told to jump into the ocean as flames approached the town.
Ydriss Nouara told Sky News that police told him to jump into the sea as they could not rescue him from the encroaching flames.
“The ocean was pulling us, we had debris falling on us, we were trying to get wet and not burn,” Nouara said, adding he was in the water for around three hours before being rescued.
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00:03 >> Explosions, we were hearing screams out of a horror movie.
00:07 >> Yeah. >> We didn't know,
00:09 we were hearing people throwing up.
00:10 We didn't know where they were.
00:11 The smoke was, just keep getting all black.
00:13 And then I called the cops again, they couldn't come.
00:17 The third time I called them, they said, you have to go in the water.
00:20 And I said, you want us to jump in the hurricane?
00:23 It's black.
00:24 The ocean was pulling us at the same time.
00:26 We were trying to, had debris falling on us.
00:28 We're trying to get wet and not burn.
00:29 >> How long were you in the waterfall before you were rescued?
00:32 >> Like three hours maybe, something like that.
00:34 >> Yeah, about three.
00:35 >> It sounds miraculous that you were able to survive.
00:38 >> I didn't think, I just prayed and I said, God, please not today.
00:41 I didn't know what to say.
00:43 This is it.
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