SIX. NEW AT FIVE, AN OKLAHOMA FAMILY SAYS THEY BARELY ESCAPED THE CHAOS IN HAWAII BEFORE THESE WILDFIRES KILLED 36 PEOPLE IN MAUI. THE RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE TODAY AS MORE JUST UNBELIEVABLE IMAGES ARE COMING OUT OF THAT STATE AND THEY THINK THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE AS K-O-C-O’S MEGHAN MOSLEY MET THIS COUPLE TODAY. AND MEGAN, THEY CAME HOME, OBVIOUSLY WITH A TERRIFYING VACATION TALE. GUYS. THAT’S RIGHT. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SPENT A WEEK VACATIONING ON THE ISLANDS AND ARE GRATEFUL THEIR TRIP ENDED JUST IN TIME, BUT SAY THEY’RE SADDENED TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THEIR VACATION SPOT. AND SO IT WAS ME AND MY TWO OLDEST DAUGHTERS. IT WAS A MOM, YOU KNOW, MOM DAUGHTER TRIP. AND WE STAYED THE WHOLE WEEK. AND THEN THAT LAST DAY WE NOTICED IT WAS GETTING REALLY HAZY. THE REALITY OF IT IS JUST SO CRAZY. JUST SEEING SOMETHING SO ALIVE AND ACTIVE AND THEN NOW IT’S JUST COMPLETELY GONE. ANGELA AND BRANDI WERE IN MAUI ON VACATION FOR A WEEK BEFORE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WENT UP IN FLAMES TUESDAY, AFTER WE GOT ON THE PLANE AND I REALIZED THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I WAS SO THANKFUL BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WE’D BEEN WE LUCKILY, YOU KNOW, VERY FORTUNATELY ESCAPED. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER COULD SEE THE FLAMES FROM THEIR CONDO AND EVEN VISITED A WELL-KNOWN TOURIST DESTINATION THAT TOOK A DIRECT HIT. WE HAD A CHOCOLATE TOUR THERE IN LAHAINA, LIKE WHERE EVERYTHING IS FLATTENED. WE WERE THERE FRIDAY. THE WILDFIRES CLAIMED THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE. THE TWO OKLAHOMANS JUST THANKFUL TO HAVE MADE IT TO SAFETY, SAYING THEY DON’T THINK THERE WAS MUCH TIME TO PREPARE FOR. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF WARNING. WE DIDN’T. I WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIFIED. I’M NOT SURE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE WENT THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT. WHAT IF WE HADN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT? IT’S SO PERSONAL. WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, LIKE I WAS JUST THERE AND IT WAS COMPLETELY FINE. AND THEN NOW IT’S COMPLETELY GONE. EVERYBODY’S LOST EVERYTHING. IT’S JUST SO SAD. IT GIVES ME CHILLS, ACTUALLY, JUST THINKIN
Oklahoma mother and daughter describe leaving Maui as wildfires hit
An Oklahoma family said they barely escaped the chaos in Hawaii before wildfires killed 36 people in Maui
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Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Aug 10, 2023
An Oklahoma family said they barely escaped the chaos in Hawaii before wildfires killed 36 people in Maui. A mother and her daughters spent a week on the island, and they are grateful their trip ended just in time. But they are heartbroken to see what is happening to where they vacationed just days before. | MORE | Hawaii wildfires burn through a historic town on Maui: At least 36 people dead“It was me and my two oldest daughters. Just a mom/daughter trip. And we stayed the whole week, and then the last day, we noticed it was getting really hazy," said Angela Randolph, who recently vacationed in Maui. "The reality of it is just so crazy. Seeing something so live and active, and now it's completely gone," said Brandy Waring. Waring and Randolph were in Maui for a week before the island went up in flames. "After we got on the plane and I realized the magnitude of what had happened, I was so thankful because we luckily, very fortunately, escaped," said Randolph. The mother and daughter could see the flames from their condo, and they even visited a well-known tourist destination that took a direct hit. "We had a chocolate tour in Lahaina, where everything is flat. We were there Friday," said Waring. The wildfires have killed at least 36 people. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe Oklahomans were thankful to have made it to safety, but they said there wasn't much time to prepare. “I don’t think people had a lot of warning. We didn’t," said Randolph. "I would’ve been terrified. I'm not sure where we would've went. We actually discussed that, 'What if we wouldn’t have been able to get out?'" "It's so personal whenever you see something like that. Like I was just there, and it was fine, and now it's completely gone. Everybody's lost everything. It's just so sad. It gives me chills just thinking about it," said Waring. The family just returned to Oklahoma on Wednesday night. Top Headlines Oklahoma City breaks visitation record with tourism on rise OCPD: One person injured in southeast OKC shooting KOCO Chronicle: Back-to-School Guide tackles biggest issues in Oklahoma classrooms Seminole Marine who died last month laid to rest in hometown Body cam video shows Stillwater pursuit that ended with car in pond, suspect behind bars
An Oklahoma family said they barely escaped the chaos in Hawaii before wildfires killed 36 people in Maui.
A mother and her daughters spent a week on the island, and they are grateful their trip ended just in time. But they are heartbroken to see what is happening to where they vacationed just days before.
| MORE | Hawaii wildfires burn through a historic town on Maui: At least 36 people dead
“It was me and my two oldest daughters. Just a mom/daughter trip. And we stayed the whole week, and then the last day, we noticed it was getting really hazy," said Angela Randolph, who recently vacationed in Maui.
"The reality of it is just so crazy. Seeing something so live and active, and now it's completely gone," said Brandy Waring.
Waring and Randolph were in Maui for a week before the island went up in flames.
"After we got on the plane and I realized the magnitude of what had happened, I was so thankful because we luckily, very fortunately, escaped," said Randolph.
The mother and daughter could see the flames from their condo, and they even visited a well-known tourist destination that took a direct hit.
"We had a chocolate tour in Lahaina, where everything is flat. We were there Friday," said Waring.
The wildfires have killed at least 36 people.
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The Oklahomans were thankful to have made it to safety, but they said there wasn't much time to prepare.
“I don’t think people had a lot of warning. We didn’t," said Randolph. "I would’ve been terrified. I'm not sure where we would've went. We actually discussed that, 'What if we wouldn’t have been able to get out?'"
"It's so personal whenever you see something like that. Like I was just there, and it was fine, and now it's completely gone. Everybody's lost everything. It's just so sad. It gives me chills just thinking about it," said Waring.
The family just returned to Oklahoma on Wednesday night.
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