Mayor Richard Bissen accepted the resignation of Herman Andaya effective immediately, the County of Maui said on Facebook.
The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, who has been heavily criticised for not activating disaster sirens during last week’s wildfire response, resigned on Thursday.
As the death toll rose to 111 a day earlier, Mr Andaya defended not sounding sirens as flames raged. Hawaii has what it touts as the largest system of outdoor alert sirens in the world. Mr Andaya was to take part in a meeting of the island’s fire and public safety commission on Thursday morning, but it was abruptly cancelled.
Avery Dagupion, whose family’s home was destroyed, said he is angry that residents were not given earlier warning to get out.
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