. >> reporter: amy springsteen is headed back home to oregon this what's left of her maui rental car flames leapt onto the street >> there was debris everywhere, fire falling on top of us. >> reporter: so far more than 20,000 passengers have fled the island thousands are still waiting. >> i think everybody feels safer if they've gotten to the airport and there's food because there was no food on the island >> a lot of the seats are full a lot of people standing around, just waiting for the flights >> reporter: many travelers will still call the airport home. as airlines scramble to add extra flights to get them out. american airlines upgraded a plane headed to los angeles with extra seats, on southwest and hawaiian, flights for $19. and unite united using empty planes to get passengers back to the mainland >>> today members of former president trump's legal team and special counsel jack smith's team are meeting in court just over a week after trump was arraigned regarding the alleged interference in the 2020 election his attorneys have argued for a less-restrictive order than origina

. >> reporter: amy springsteen is headed home to oregon. she says this is what's left of her maui rental car. she, along with some others in her party, were going to dinner, when she says flames leapt onto the street. >> there was debris everywhere, fire falling down on top of us but we got out safe. >> reporter: so far, more than 20,000 passengers have fled the island since the fires began. thousands are still waiting. >> i think everybody feels safe that they've gotten here to the airport, and there's food, because there was no food on the island >> a lot of the seats are full, a lot of people standing around, just waiting for their flights. >> reporter: tonight, many travelers will still call the airport home -- >> keep on line, please >> reporter: -- as airlines scramble to add extra flights to get them out american airlines even upgraded a plane headed to los angeles with extra seats on southwest and hawaiian airlines, websites showing available flights from maui to honolulu for $19 and ed airlines ying 've canceled all inbound flights

. >> reporter: amy springsteen is headed home to oregon, she says this is what's left of her maui rental when she says flames leapt onto the street. >> there was debris everywhere, fire falling down on top of us, but we got out safe. >> so far more than 20,000 passengers have fled the island since the fires began, thousands are still waiting. >> i think everybody feels safe that they've gotten into the airport and there's food because there was no food on the island. >> a lot of the seats are full, a lot of people standing around waiting for their flights. >> many travelers will still call the airport home. as airlines scramble to add extra flights to get them out. american airlines even upgraded a plane headed to los angeles with extra seats on southwest and hawaiian airlines, websites showing available flights from maui to honolulu for $19, and united airlines saying they've canceled all inbound flights so empty planes can be used to get passengers back to the mainland. >> steve patterson with that reporting, thank you, and joining us now is peter ingram, president and ceo of hawaiian