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How A Paradise Became A Death Trap: An Update

How A Paradise Became A Death Trap: An Update

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite
episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the
time since.

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of death.

When fires swept West Maui, Hawaii, many residents fled for their
lives — but soon discovered they had nowhere to go. Thousands of
structures, mostly homes, had been reduced to rubble. Husks of
incinerated cars lined the historic Front Street in Lahaina,
while search crews nearby made their way painstakingly from house
to house, looking for human remains.

Ydriss Nouara, a resident of Lahaina, recounts his experience
fleeing the inferno, and Mike Baker, the Seattle bureau chief for
The Times, explains how an extraordinary set of circumstances
turned the city into a death trap.

Guest: Mike Baker, the Seattle bureau chief for
The New York Times.

Background reading:

Listen to the original version of the episode here.

Nearly a week after the fires started, relatives received
little information as search and identification efforts moved
slowly.

How the fires turned Lahaina into a death trap.

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