Hawaii: Chief of Emergency Management resigns after saying he doesn’t regret using sirens during fires | Today’s newspaper

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned.

Herman Andaya He resigned after saying he did not regret not using the siren to warn residents of the fires before the fires broke out last week.. He justified that the fear was that the inhabitants would run into the mountains, thinking that it was a warning of a tsunami and that in that case the people would run towards the fire.

Hawaii’s siren system is the largest in the world and was created in 1946 after a tsunami killed more than 150 people on the Big Island.

The residents of the city of Lahin also complain about the lack of water, which made the work of firefighters difficult, and the lack of an escape route, as the roads became crowded with many cars.

The Hawaii Attorney General’s Office announced that the government’s wildfire response plan will be reviewed. Until now, confirmed 111 deaths The search for the missing continues.

The Hawaiian government will begin moving the homeless to hotels. These are people who have lost their homes and are staying in shelters and even in cars.

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