More Lahaina residents will be able to return to their burned homes for the first time

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“I did the majority of my grieving you know, and being back here is… it’s tough,” said a fire victim who was able to return home last week and sift through rubble for beloved family mementos. “It’s really still surreal. It just feels like a bad dream.”

Some residents of Lahaina, Hawaii, returned to their homes on Aug. 11 and found nothing but rubble and ashes after a wildfire swept through their slice of Hawaiian paradise.More Lahaina residents will be allowed to return to the burned remains of their homes on Monday – nearly two months afterThree previously closed off burn zones in the badly hit town of Lahaina will reopen to residents and property owners for the first time beginning on Monday, Maui County officials announced.

Authorities are now allowing residents to return in phases. Those who come back on Monday and Tuesday will see support services in the area, including shuttles, washing stations, portable toilets, and medical and mental health care, according to the county.“I think we need just a little bit of, not just closure, but it’s so unreal to see,” Katayama told CNN affiliate. “We’ve driven past it and we’ve seen it on the news, but I think really you need to just see, we need to see it in person.

“I did the majority of my grieving you know, and being back here is… it’s tough,” Lindsay Ceballos told the station. “It’s really still surreal. It just feels like a bad dream.”“It is a healing process for us,” Lindsay told the station. “Right now searching for my grandma’s wedding ring and my husband’s grandpa’s straight razor and you know just little things that we’ve already come to you know, we know that they’re probably gone, but you know, it’s just like that last – last attempt.

 

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