US Guard Guard Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua nalowale nā kānaka he nui ma hope o ke ahi nui ʻana ma luna o kahi moku luʻu he 75 kapuaʻi mai ke kahakai o Hawaii. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā pūʻali koa US Coast Guard e kaua i ke ahi.
ʻElima mau ohua e moe ana ma ka papa luna o ka moku luʻu i ka wā i ʻā ai ke ahi i hoʻopakele ʻia, eia naʻe he 34 mau ohua ʻē aʻe e hiamoe ana ma kahi papa haʻahaʻa e nalowale ana, wahi a Lieutenant Commander Matthew Kroll o ka Coast Guard.
Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka nūhou kūloko ʻo KTLA he 34 poʻe i nalowale ma hope o ka ʻā ʻana o ke ahi ma ka moku he 75 kapuaʻi ma kahi o Platts Harbor.
Ua pane aku ʻo Coast Guard Los Angeles i nā hōʻike e pili ana i kahi ahi waʻa i hoʻopau piha ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Santa Cruz ma kahi o 5am. Ua pane ʻia ke kiaʻi kahakai e ka ea a me ka wai a ua kāhea ʻia nā moku kokoke e kōkua i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā poʻe holo, ua hōʻike ʻia ke kahua.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kiaʻi kahakai ma Twitter: "Ua hoʻokumu ka Coast Guard i nā waiwai hoʻopakele he nui me nā waiwai mai nā keʻena kūloko e kōkua i nā poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 i ka pilikia ma kahi moku 75ft kokoke i Santa Cruz Island."
Ua hoʻohui ke kiaʻi kahakai ua hoʻopakele ʻia kahi hui o nā ohua, me hoʻokahi kanaka i loaʻa i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e haʻalele i nā poʻe i koe mai ka moku 75-kapuai.
