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Government helping in Maui…

EXCLUSIVE: FEMA officials are staying at $1,000-a-night luxury hotels in Maui amid recovery efforts in Lahaina

    • FEMA officials have been slammed by Maui locals for their slow response to the devastating wildfires that ripped through Lahaina earlier this month
    • But DailyMail.com can reveal they are staying at three five-star hotels, Fairmont Kea Lani, Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria, during recovery efforts
    • Federal government rates for this week at all three resorts start at an eye-watering $1,000, company sources revealed

Government

Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show FEMA officials drinking at the cocktail bar at the Grand Wailea hotel on Friday August 18 amid recovery efforts in Lahaina

The posh, five star hotel is a far cry from the shelters and temporary housing where displaced wildfire victims are living after losing their homes in the blaze

The upmarket Fairmont resort boasts beautiful ocean views and three different pools

Local folks

Meanwhile, thousands of Lahaina survivors have been left homeless, and hundreds of victims remain missing amid slow recovery efforts. Pictured: Women hug after digging through rubble of destroyed home in Lahaina

Volunteers make food and supply deliveries to elderly residents affected by a deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Saturday

Displaced families are seen picking up some food at a distribution location in a neighborhood of Lahaina, Hawaii

Doug Santo