A Southern California family who escaped the Lahaina wildfire is now collecting donations for those displaced
After the fire started last Tuesday, the Rusher family packed up a few belongings and left their vacation home in Lahaina, Hawaii.
They thought they would only be gone a few hours and planned to return after the wind died down and the distant fire was under control. Without internet or phone service, they listened for updates on the car radio just a few miles away. But no one warned them that the fast-moving“There was no communication from the government,” said Scott Rusher, who was used to the warning system before hurricanes. “There was no communication from local or state.”When they eventually returned to check on the house that Rusher, his wife Stacy and their family visited several times a year, they were told to evacuate.
Scott and Stacy Rusher, their son and his girlfriend were able to make it out and fly back to their home in Manhattan Beach. Since their return to California, they confirmed that their Lahaina house had burned down — one of more than 2,200 structures that were
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