"We're all one big family in Maui, we call it 'ohana'," said Romero, a 55-year-old retired battalion chief for the island's fire department. While the fires were still burning, residents of nearby Moloka'i skimmed over the narrow strait on jet skis to unload donations on Maui beaches. Firefighters have flown in from Oahu on their own dime to help with relief efforts, Romero said. A nearby veterinary clinic had set up a stand where victims of the fires can bring ailing pets. "If we keep it bottled up inside we're not going to be able to move forward."

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Persons: Marco Garcia, Uilani, Louis Romero, Romero, Kapu, Labo, George Vanyi, Jonathan Allen, Jorge Garcia, Sandra Stojanovic, Liliana Salgado, Andrew Hay, Sharon Bernstein, Colleen Jenkins, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Hawaii, REUTERS, Maui, FEMA, Firefighters, Cross, U.S . Department of Veteran Affairs, Ritz, Carlton, Walmart, Thomson Locations: Maui, Honolulu , Hawaii, U.S, LAHAINA, Hawaii, West Maui, Lahaina, Moloka'i, Oahu, Napili