Maui County officials closed all roads to public use in the town of Lahaina as the fires on the island continue to spread, APA reports citing CNN.
West Maui is also closed off to all traffic, according to an update from Maui County. Only emergency personnel will be allowed into that part of the island.
Evacuations continue to be issued across Maui, and a county press release said that an evacuation site had to be moved to “place evacuees away from impacted Lahaina town.”
Lahaina is a census-designated place with a population of just under 13,000 people as of 2020. Lahaina resident Alan Dickar earlier posted video of several buildings on fire along Front Street, a popular thoroughfare in the area.
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