Retired mailman and Vietnam veteran Thomas Leonard lived in the historic former capital of Hawaii for 44 years until this week, when a rapidly moving wildfire burned down his apartment, melted his Jeep and forced him to spend four terrifying hours hiding from the flames behind a seawall.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve got nothing left,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Leonard said Thursday as he sat on an inflatable mattress outside a shelter for those who fled the blaze that decimated the town of Lahaina. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m a disabled vet, so now I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m a homeless vet,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added with a small laugh.The fire that tore across the coastal Maui town and caught many by surprise has already claimed dozens of lives 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a toll expected to climb 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and burned more than 1,000 buildings. It has turned a centuries-old hamlet beloved by travelers and locals alike into a charred, desolate landscape.The devastation has resonated worldwide in part because tourists from around the globe flock to Maui to enjoy its white sand beaches, including many who stop to visit the old whaling village and capital of the former Hawaiian kingdom. Thousands fled Maui after the fires rousted them from their resort hotels and sent them scrambling from their sun chairs on Tuesday. But for thousands of people who call Lahaina home, there is no flight to catch and no home to return to. They바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve simply lost everything.On Front Street, Lahaina's main thoroughfare, Deborah Leoffler lost a home that has been in her family since 1945. Five generations stayed there, starting with her grandfather, who was a Lahaina police sergeant. Her youngest son had been planning to move home from the mainland to live there.She evacuated so quickly she left her debit cards on her nightstand and now can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t access her bank account.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But I still have my family, and that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s what counts,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said.Myrna Ah Hee바카라 게임 웹사이트�s home is in one of the few subdivisions in Lahaina spared destruction. But she and her husband, Abraham, haven바카라 게임 웹사이트�t been able to find his brother, a Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who has been living in Lahaina바카라 게임 웹사이트�s homeless shelter.Video above: Fires wreak havoc on historic town of LahainaThe Ah Hees spent Thursday scouring evacuation shelters across the island from Lahaina to see if he might have made it out.Her extended family was hit badly: Her parents lost their home, as did her son, one of her uncles and a cousin. Her son-in-law was staying in a house that had long been in her husband바카라 게임 웹사이트�s family, but that burned down too.She said those born and raised in Lahaina like her and her husband have to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�stand up and make it what it was.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Where do you begin?바카라 게임 웹사이트� she asked rhetorically. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s town we have to bring back 바카라 게임 웹사이트� but also families, classmates, friends.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Leonard, the retired mailman, said he didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know about the fire until he smelled smoke from his apartment on Front Street and went outside to investigate. He had been in an information vacuum all day after the power had gone out early Tuesday morning, leaving him and neighbors without electricity, internet and cellphone service. The county바카라 게임 웹사이트�s emergency sirens 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which warn people of the need to evacuate for tsunamis and other natural disasters 바카라 게임 웹사이트� didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t sound.He grabbed his wallet, keys and credit cards and jumped in his car to leave, only to find a traffic jam. He waited, in hopes the line of vehicles would move, until the cars ahead of him started exploding one by one.바카라 게임 웹사이트�My Jeep had a soft top, and I knew it was going to go. And I just said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m out of here,바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트� Leonard recalled.The 74-year-old ran over to the seawall that shields the town from encroachment from the ocean, joining about 70 others. About 20 of them jumped in the water to get away from the flames. Leonard said he felt safter crouched down next the wall on the ocean side, where he could let the wind carry hot ash over him.Drone video shows wildfires in Maui:Even so, cinder seared holes in his shorts and shirt, and he suffered burns on his legs.바카라 게임 웹사이트�There were flames coming and sparks everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.One person at the seawall flashed S.O.S. out to the ocean, which Leonard said alerted the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard contacted Maui firefighters, who then escorted the group on foot through the flames to a supermarket parking lot at about 9:30 p.m.A propane tank exploded down the block not long after they passed.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was just like, boom, a gigantic mushroom at that house,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.As Gov. Josh Green put it in an interview with The Associated Press: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Lahaina, with a few rare exceptions, has been burned down.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Leonard isn't sure what he'll do next. The pharmacy at the evacuation shelter has contacted the Department of Veterans Affairs to help him get his prescriptions. He's thinking how he'll have to contact his homeowner's and car insurance providers. And get in touch with his friends and family. They don't know where he is 바카라 게임 웹사이트� but he's registered with the Red Cross so they can find him.Still, he doesn't know if he will will go back to Lahaina, especially given how long it will probably take to rebuild.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have no idea where I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m going to go,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.___Associated Press writer Jennifer Sinco Kelleher contributed to this report.___Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP바카라 게임 웹사이트�s climate initiative here. The AP is solely responsible for all content.