By Marcelle Dibrell

A pair of tourists escaped Maui’s deadly fires by jumping into the swimming pool at a Lahaina condiminiium complex.  Kristina Lee-Garrido, 54, and her childhood friend were visiting the island on vacation when Dora hit. two arrived Lahaina part to celebrate the following day lounging at the pool a condominium apartment they were renting. The following day, no power or internet the hurricane’s winds swept through Lahaina. At around 5 out. Garrido woke from a front the complex fire and already their wetwash cover their mouths before fire. Through thick minutes the pool, dodging embers them. one was there when pool, and they hadn’t seen anyone complex along the way they’d slept through alarm, but it was too late. they jumped into the pool, they figure how get help. idea that all of Lahaina so at first it seemed like with only cabana burning the winds didn’t have cell service, but friend able to enable her feature by pressing power button volume the time. An emergency responder stay in the pool informed the extent of inferno. send they were next two hours, the picked again, and of the complex’s apartments caught fire. They to emergency responders once half hour later, they loud clanging the back which Lee-Garrido’s friend noticed locked day The firefighters were breaking firefighters two the pool a fire truck was drive a triage area that the extent the Everything was on fire. few days at shelters, Leefinally made it back to mainland and home she news wildfires on every channel. fell apart,” she when I realized what happened.”