Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian humanitarian aid organization, airlifted 17 tons of emergency relief equipment, tools, and some volunteers Tuesday to help after the deadly wildfires on Maui.
Volunteers with the North Carolina-based ministry plan to help search for mementos and other items that might have survived the fires, the group said in a news release.
Its disaster-response specialists have been in Hawaii since Thursday, conducting assessments and coordinating with local authorities and church partners, the group said.
In 2018, the group helped families in a similar manner following flooding on Kauai.
