Garin Lahaina da ke bakin teku – wanda a da shi ne babban birnin Hawaii – ya shahara da wuraren tarihi.
Gobarar daji ta lalace dukiyoyi masu yawa.
Daga cikin su akwai otal mafi tsufa a Hawaii – Pioneer Inn mai shekaru 122 – wanda masu shi suka ce ya lalace.
Gobarar ta kuma kona shahararren bishiyar banyan na Lahaina, wadda aka yi imanin ita ce mafi girma a Amurka. Yayin da bishiyar ke tsaye, ana fargabar kada ta farfado.
Adadin wadanda suka mutu sakamakon gobarar da aka yi a Maui ya karu da mutane biyu, inda ya zuwa yanzu akalla mutane 55 suka mutu.
Amma daruruwan mutane sun bace a tsibirin kuma jami’ai suna tsammanin hakan zai kara tasowa.
Teressa Dixon, mazaunin Lahaina, tana dawowa daga aiki, sai ta tarar da hanyoyin zuwa gidanta a rufe.
‘Yar uwarta ta kasance tana kula da jaririnta yayin da take aiki, amma rashin sabis na wayar hannu ya sa ba ta da hanyar sanin ko suna da lafiya.
Ta hau kan babur ta “dauki hanyoyin baya” don neman danginta. Tana isa ta iske garin “cikin wuta”.
Ta shaida cewa wani katon iska mai “cike da hayaki da duwatsun lafa” ya durkusar da ita, kuma ta yi birgima har sai da ta bugi sanda, inda ta samu rauni a kafarta mai raɗaɗi.
Ta yi hanyarta ta zuwa matsugunin ‘yan gudun hijirar da ke cibiyar jama’a, amma wutar na tafe.
Ta tuka kanta zuwa wani matsuguni, Teresa ta sami damar jinyar raunin da ta samu kuma ta sami sabis na waya. Ajiyar zuciya ta samu daga wajen mamanta cewa danginta suna cikin koshin lafiya, kuma suna jiran haduwa da ita.
Hawai ba bako ba ce ga gobarar daji, amma an kira wadanda suka faru a kwanakin baya mafi muni a tarihin jihar.
Har yanzu ba mu san hakikanin abin da ya faro muguwar gobarar ba (ana binciken wannan), sai dai hadewar yanayi – wadanda hukumomi suka ce sauyin yanayi ne ya fi ta’azzara su.
Jami’an kwana-kwana na yaki da iskar guguwa da fari da ke kara ruruta wutar, amma sun ce sun shawo kan mafi yawansu.
A makwabciyar Big Island, akwai kuma aƙalla manyan gobara uku, amma jami’ai a ranar alhamis sun ce suna ƙarƙashin ikon.
Da yake la’akari da barnar da aka yi a Lahaina mai tarihi, jami’ai sun bayyana irin barnar da ta afku a garin.
Alice Lee, shugabar majalisar gundumar Maui, ta shaida wa shirin Newsday na Sashen Duniya na BBC yadda gobarar ta kone titin Front na “kyakkyawan” babban titin garin.
“Gobarar ta ratsa kusan dukkan titin, don haka duk shaguna da kananan gidajen cin abinci da mutane suka ziyarta a tafiye-tafiyensu zuwa Maui, yawancinsu sun kone kurmus,” in ji Lee, yana mai karawa da cewa: “Saboda haka kasuwanci da yawa za su yi kokawa. murmurewa.
“Muna kokarin wucewa cikin tarkace da duk gine-ginen da suka kone. Don haka zai dauki lokaci mai tsawo,” in ji ta.