SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) — Devastating damage from wildfires is sadly not uncommon for Bay Area natives.
But images Sausalito residents Carter Waite and Shelby Goetzfried are seeing of their former home, Maui, are things they’d never believe would happen to the beautiful island.
“Pretty tough to comprehend everything that’s going on right now,” Waite said.
“We’re pretty shook up,” Goetzfried said. “I’ve actually lost my home to fire in the past. It’s really close to home to those people who are actually losing everything because my family lost everything. It’s just really hard to watch all of our brothers and sisters on the island go through this after watching year after year, people going through it in the Bay Area.”
MORE: Devastating Hawaii wildfires concern passengers, impact Bay Area travel
Waite and Goetzfried have struggled to contact friends and family with the power out and cell service that’s either limited or non-existent.
They told us their second home just north of Lahaina could soon …