Travelers returning from Maui continue to bring harrowing stories back about the fires and the damage done. Ian Cull was live from SJC after speaking with some of them and with people who are still heading to the islands.
While he heads in to help, a steady stream of travelers are arriving back at SFO with harrowing first hand accounts of the island fires.
“We were waiting for it to calm down. Then we starting hearing about the fumes coming closer to us,” said Selin Uyarer of San Jose.They later found out the place they had rented went up in flames. “At the beginning we didn’t believe that everything was going to burn down all the downtown, we just wait,” said Uyarer.She was on a connecting flight through SFO Thursday morning and fears what she’ll return to.
“I cried all day yesterday. We don’t know what’s going to happen and it’s a long term effect. This is the worst ever. I just talked to someone on Maui and they say it reminds them of Hiroshima, it's horrible,” said Baker. The direct flight to Maui Thursday had just 50 people on it, but multiple airlines are still flying in even if the planes are empty – to help get people off the island.
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