Rams players, coaches to wear custom shirts in support of Hawaii wildfire victims
The Maui, Hawaii area was recently devastated by one of the worst wildfires in United States history. There have been plenty of people in professional sports across the country raising money to support the victims of the fire. Some teams in the NFL decided they needed to step up and contribute to the efforts. On Thursday afternoon, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that LA Rams players and coaches will wear custom Malama Maui shirts for their preseason game on Saturday night against the Raiders. The proceeds from the shirts will support Red Cross relief efforts in Hawaii.
Check out the pictures of the shirts below.
The shirts are available at http://ramsfanshop.com, if interested.
The Wildfires in Maui were among the worst in U.S. history
The death toll from the horrific wildfires in Maui has climbed to 111 people in recent days, according to a recent report from CNN. It’s already been marked as the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than a century, but experts are warning that the death toll could increase sometime over the next week or so. There are still over 1,000 people missing, according to Hawaii Governor Josh Green.
One of the largest fires was in Lahaina, Hawaii where it burned 2,170 acres. The fire damaged or destroyed more than 2,200 buildings, with 86 percent of them residential, officials said in a recent report in Reuters. FEMA has estimated that it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild the town of Lahaina.
The cause of the wildfire in Maui has not yet been determined and is still under investigation. The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the Hawaiian Islands for high winds and dry weather–perfect conditions for wildfires. Winds from Hurricane Dora, hundreds of miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, helped to spread the wildfires across the state.
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It was the deadliest U.S. wildfire since 1918, when northern Minnesota’s Cloquet Fire, which went on for four days, claiming 453 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The deadliest wildfire in U.S. history was Wisconsin’s Peshtigo fire in 1871, which killed 1,152 people.
The LA Rams have two more preseason games left on their schedule. The first one will be on Saturday, August 19th, at 9:00 PM. That one is against the Las Vegas Raiders. The next one will on Saturday, August 26th, against the Denver Broncos. That one will kick off at 9:00 PM EST.
Their regular season will commence on Sept. 10 at 4:25 PM EST, when they face the Seattle Seahawks.