Maui Fires: Lahaina man loses 4 family members in wildfires

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Dogs trained to find bodies sniffed through piles of rubble and ash as stunned survivors of deadly wildfires that claimed at least 80 lives on the Hawaiian island of Maui took stock of their shattered lives and tried to imagine rebuilding from nothing.

The only items Summer and Gilles Gerling were able to retrieve from the detritus-filled lot where their home once stood in Lahaina were a piggy bank Summer’s father gave her as a child, their daughter’s jade bracelet and watches they gifted each other for their wedding. Their wedding rings were gone.

Hawaii television broadcaster Jonathan Masaki Shiroma with Hawaii News Now and a native of Lahiana tells LiveNOW from FOX that four family members have died and another remains missing. The retired Lt. Col. with the U.S. Army deployed to numerous fires during his time working with the California National Guard to help provide critical updates to media, now his hometown has been virtually destroyed.

Shiroma shares about the area and the ongoing recovery efforts.

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