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‘Flames coming, sparks everywhere’: How survivors escaped Hawaii fires

Residents of Lahaina, Hawaii, Myrna and Abraham Ah Hee, react as they stand in front of an evacuation centre at the War Memorial Gymnasium in the town of Wailuku, August 10, 2023 [Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]

As United States emergency crews continue to battle wildfires in Hawaii, residents and tourists have recounted their desperate escapes from wind-fuelled flames on the island of Maui, where some fled with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

Retired mailman and Vietnam war veteran Thomas Leonard lived in Lahaina, the historical capital of Hawaii, for 44 years until this week.

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