both u'i and noah get to lahainaluna, a long road that dissects the town of lahaina.rom there, they're hoping to take one of two roads out, but the traffic is bumper—to—bumper. the first option is to go up the hill, away from the sea to the bypass, a wide freeway with little around it that can burn. up or down? ithink up. she sighs i think up. that bypass, which is kind of like the main vein of getting in and out of lahaina, it's the fastest way, that road was closed. siren go ahead, fire truck. meanwhile, 911 calls are coming in, pleading with the police to open the bypass. with the bypass closed, they both decide to go down lahainaluna, towards the sea, to this intersection. here, they're hoping to take the highway, which will take them out of town in either direction. but when they get there, to their horror, they find the road has been closed by police. i was going to go right. and then we couldn't, it was blocked off. they made you go right down into lahaina town to front street, which was already a parking lot. did you see them blocking it off? yeah, there was a

hi, police department — fire is asking if you guys can shut down all of the electric off of lahainalunass. it's off right now. it's all off? yeah. 0k. thank you. ok, bye. the police, however, told the bbc that the company did not give clear and definitive confirmation that the lines were de—energised. the result was police treating fallen lines as live and blocking roads. one witness, travis miller, showed the bbc his footage. he filmed the main road going north out of the town, blocked for hours by the police. i knew, like, once i saw the roadblock, this is insane. people lost their lives that wouldn't have lost their lives. maui's mayor, richard bissen, concedes the town should have been better prepared. you know, better preparation. right? — i mean, that's what everybody is pointing to. and who should take responsibility for that? we all should take responsibility. all of us, for sure. u'i and the neighbours she took in her car survived. some of her neighbours, though, weren't so lucky. some people are, "you're a hero for saving them. they would have been dead." and i'm like, "i'm no

if you guys shut down all of the electric off lahainaluna. it's off right now. it's off?es. — 0k, thank you. the police, however, told the bbc that the company did not give clear and definitive confirmation that the lines were de—energised. the result was police treating fallen lines as live, and blocking roads. one witness, travis miller, showed the bbc his footage. he filmed the main road going north out of the town, blocked for hours by the police. i knew like once i saw the road block, this is insane. like, those people are on the road, not because of a trafficjam but one that is created by, you know, our authorities. the mayor of maui, richards bisson, told the bbc the town should have been better prepared. you know better preparation, right, i mean, that's what everybody is pointing to. who should take responsibility for that? we all should take responsibility. all of us, for sure. at least 99 people lost their lives that day, and authorities are still trying to identify remains using dna technology. u'i and the people she took with her were able to escape the fire,

if you guys shut down all of the electric off lahainaluna. it's off right now. it's off?