HONOLULU (KHON2) — Folks with local ties are also trying to do their part to get people out of evacuation zones.
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Kaimuki High School class of 1986 graduate Michael Sullivan now lives in Azusa, California just a few miles away from the Eaton fire. He said the air quality being poor is an understatement.
“So if everyone back home could take a deep breath for me, I’d appreciate it,” Sullivan said. “It’s overwhelming how it smells, it’s literally like having a fireplace going.”
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Sullivan drives for Uber and even had calls in the Altadena evacuation zone on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
“Actually picked up a young girl whose mother, grandmother is from Hawaii,” he said, “I got her and her cat Stinky out to her dad’s house, and the dad spotted my sticker on the car. So, it’s kind of nice to be able to have that, you know, a little bit of Hawaii connection there.”