Terrifying video shows desperate Maui residents fleeing into the treacherous ocean in an attempt to escape the wildfires that have devastated the area and killed at least 55 people this week.
In the clip shared on TikTok by the account @chefjoshuamarten, multiple groups – including families with what appear to be small children – can be seen scaling the rocks into the rough surf off Lahaina while ash and smoke rains down and the flames close in.
Many of the panicked escapees are wearing backpacks, and some are clinging to planks that appear to be wood and other objects in order to stay afloat.
The harrowing footage – which has been viewed over 2 million times in just 10 hours – is among the latest to emerge of the vicious flames that, as of early Friday, have killed at least 55 people and decimated a historic town.
“We’ve seen devastation, destruction, immeasurable loss,” Maui’s Mayor Richard Bissen told the TODAY Show Friday morning, while rescue workers continued to comb the ruins for possible survivors.
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