'Nobody told us jack': Hawaii fire victims say no warnings
Kahului (United States) (AFP) - The first Vilma Reed knew there was a fire bearing down on Lahaina was when she saw it a few yards (meters) from her house. Like many of those who fled the fast-moving blaze that killed at least 80 people on the Hawaiian island of Maui, she got no official warning and no order to evacuate. "You know when we found that there was a fire? When it was across the street from us," the 63-year-old told AFP in an evacuation center parking lot. "The mountain behind us caught on fire and nobody told us jack." Reed herded her daughter, grandson and two pet cats into the ca...