A family from Delta, Utah, said they were shown love and support from locals when they had no place to go following the fire in Lahaina.
The Crapo family was staying at a vacation rental in Lahaina last Tuesday when they noticed a change in the weather."The wind was so strong that day and the kids wanted to get out. They were getting stir crazy," Rhett Crapo said.
"On the road, there was a ton of traffic and we just thought, 'what is this'," Crapo said. "We didn't understand the devastation at that point.""When we were leaving the line, I could see the flames in the distance," RJ Crapo said."We thought these locals have been through so much, we didn't want to take room in a shelter," Crapo said. "But as soon as we showed up, they said, 'This is for you, come on in.
"We heard stories about people who didn't get out, you know, that died while they were trying to get out," Crapo said."There was just complete devastation, everything was totally burned," Crapo said. "Just like an atomic bomb went off."
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