some like charter boat crew member dustin johnson. >> tried desperately to save lives. was the >> and it is for >> got to know when you write others helping any way they can like this woman who's made a spreadsheet of the missing to help family and friends in their search. i really hope that it can become a place where if people are wondering about their friends or loved ones, if they know somebody is safe, they can come on here and hopefully just give people peace of mind because i know people or so. >> are you right now? understandably so. i just hope that it kind of helps people come together locate people faster we don't have to go through thousands of facebook comments. it should just remind that process and the fires are still a threat. the hawaii army national guard dropping water buckets support from the air. >> the land below normally filled with homes and resorts, but also home to sugar pineapple, cattle and horse farms as damage is assessed. ashes float in the air landing on charge structures before and after satellite images show the devastation in la hina a

dustin johnson describing the moment he escaped. >> i was the last one off the dock. the firestorm came through the entrance and took everything with it. i just ran out to the beach and helped everybody i could along the way. reporter: 911 service is down in some areas. hospitals are overwhelmed with burn patients. >> fires are not completely contained. there is still fear that the fires would go into different communities. reporter: gio benitez, abc7news. dan: just into, a source close to london breed confirms the mayor was evacuated from maui today. she's ok but was without her cell service for most of the afternoon. ama: she left for another island. many people who live there had to face the flames, rushing to any safe place they could find. dan: we go now to j.r. stone who is in the newsroom with some of their stories. reporter: tonight, i have been in contact with those in maui. some of whom are visiting from san francisco. the hotels were already busy and now they are packed with visitors and residents who lost everything. i'm told there was a three hour wait th

dustin johnson describing the moment he escaped. >> i was the last one off the dock when the firestorm came through the banyan tree and took everything with it. and i just ran out to the beach and i ran south and i just helped everybody i could along the way. >> reporter: officials say that 150-year-old banyan tree, treasured by both locals and tourists alike, is gone. >> got some place to go, someone's house? >> okay, we will. >> reporter: kitv meteorologist malika dudley, dropping everything, evacuating with her family. >> there was a red glow outside of our window. the fire was right above our property. >> oh my gosh, look at the harbor. >> reporter: daylight revealing the scope of the devastation here. aerial video showing home after home destroyed. >> we were not prepared for what we saw. it was -- it was heartbreaking. it looked like an area that had been bombed in a war. >> reporter: authorities saying 911 service is down in some areas. hospitals are overwhelmed with burn patients. >> buildings are charred. fires are not completely contained, and there's still fear that the fire

boat crew member dustin johnson racing to warn others about the oncoming flames. >> if anybody is still out here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go! >> reporter: shawn dougherty and his girlfriend among those jumping into the ocean. >> at one point, it seemed like i might drown a little bit. i inhaled a lot of water. >> reporter: he says a first responder told them to get out, the situation wasn't going to get better, but dougherty was now barefoot. >> i couldn't even make it across the street, because the pavement was so hot, and now i have second-degree burns on the bottom of my feet. >> reporter: jumping back into the water and losing track of his girlfriend. >> because it was so dark and so smoky, we lost each other. and i had no choice, i had to get back into the water. >> reporter: he is still trying to find her. multiple fires are still burning on this island. hawaii air national guard helicopters swooping in, joining the firefight. important cultural and historic landmarks destroyed. >> the historic buildings that were there, the church, the prison, the mission ho

dustin johnson describing the moment he escaped. >> i was the last one off the dock. the firestorm came through the entrance and took everything with it. i just ran out to the beach and helped everybody i could along the way. reporter: 911 service is down in some areas. hospitals are overwhelmed with burn patients. >> fires are not completely contained. there is still fear that the fires would go into different communities. reporter: gio benitez, abc7news. dan: just into, a source close to london breed confirms the mayor was evacuated from maui today. she's ok but was without her cell service for most of the afternoon. ama: she left for another island. many people who live there had to face the flames, rushing to any safe place they could find. dan: we go now to j.r. stone who is in the newsroom with some of their stories. reporter: tonight, i have been in contact with those in maui. some of whom are visiting from san francisco. the hotels were already busy and now they are packed with visitors and residents who lost everything. i'm told there was a three hour wait th

some like charter boat crew member dustin johnson tried desperately to save lives. the >> and it is for >> got to know when you write others helping any way they can like this woman who's made a spreadsheet of the missing to help family and friends in their search. i really hope that it can become a place where if people are wondering about their friends or loved ones, if they know somebody is safe, they can come on here and hopefully just give people peace of mind because i know people or so. >> are you right now? understandably so. i just hope that it kind of helps people come together locate people faster. we don't have to go through thousands of facebook comments just streamline that process and the fires are still a threat. the hawaii army national guard dropping water buckets support from the air. >> the land below normally filled with homes and resorts, but also home to sugar pineapple, cattle and horse farms as damage is assessed. ashes float in the air landing on charge structures before and after satellite images show the devastation in la hina among the r