LAHAINA, Hawaii — Pa‘ele Kiakona, a Lahaina resident and community organizer, biked directly into the roaring inferno on Aug. 8, to rescue his grandmother, who did not know what was going on because of the absence of sirens.

Kiakona is president of Save Honolua Coalition and has been helping daily with various volunteer and supply distribution efforts.

Nuy Cho is the executive producer of Spectrum News Hawaii. She writes the surf report and covers other general news. Read more of her stories here.