Buddy L Jantoc was one of the first two victims to be identified as victims of the wildfires that struck the town of Lahaina. His family is now calling for more answers surrounding his death.
She said they are yet to be told exactly where her grandfather was found and whether an evacuation plan was put in place at the time."We don't know the reasoning, and we don't know anything about the evacuation plans or what was put into place at the time of the fire or even before that. We don't know anything," Ms Alaka'i said."We are frustrated and angry. We're having a difficult time understanding the way things were handled.
"Since we know that he didn't make it, it's now the why and how and what could have been done to at least try and save not just him, but there's so much people unaccounted for right nowMr Jantoc, 79, lived in the Hale Mahaolu retirement home in the town of Lahaina, where he had lived for more than 30 years, and called it his"forever home".
"I think if there was enough time to let them know, he would have had a better chance of surviving the fire," she said. It comes after official records showed Hawaii's emergency sirens - part of the world's largest outdoor public safety system -, each capable of making a sound louder than an outdoor rock concert, stayed silent.
A spokesperson for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Adam Weintraub, said the organisation relied on mobile phone, TV and radio alerts.
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