Strong winds blow metal roof onto Maui home

Strong winds blow metal roof onto Maui home

KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui Fire Department says strong winds blew a corrugated metal roof against a Kihei home, causing some downed power lines and nearly $30,000 in damage.

There were no injuries in Thursday’s incident.

Fire officials say the roof was from a 30-by- 40 foot container at a tour bus service base yard. The power outage was confined to the base yard, which sustained about $25,000 damage.

The home suffered cosmetic damage of about $3,000.

June Donaghy tells the Maui News (http://bit.ly/L4Ybqe ) she was in the kitchen when she heard a loud boom and then saw the roof laid against her house. She says everything was whirling like a “mini tornado.”