Boyd Gaming, Nevada Firefighters Show Generosity for Maui Wildfire Victims

Las Vegas residents with ties to Hawaii are responding to the emergency, too. The tragedy has strongly impacted the former Hawaiians.

“Everything will never be the same,” Jai Alboro, a Lahaina native now living in Las Vegas, told KLAS.

You don’t know where everybody is,” Alboro added about friends and relatives on Maui. “You don’t know if everybody is safe.

“It’s definitely sad, depressing,” Pico Alboro continued. “You don’t know what’s going on.”

Pico Alboro also revealed that a close relative of his died from the fire.

My papa passed away. He lived right next to the Shell gas station where we all grew up,” Pico Alboro told KLAS.

In Las Vegas, an effort is underway to collect food and supplies to help the wildfire survivors.

Items are being dropped off at Las Vegas’s Ninth Island Kava Lounge, 5447 Rainbow Boulevard.

The food and supplies will be shipped to Maui starting on Sunday.

Organizers are asking all residents in the region to assist in the effort.