A grim picture is being painted in the wake of the deadly inferno in the Hawai’ian town of Lahaina.

Ninety three people have been confirmed dead, with hundreds still missing as search teams with cadaver dogs continue sifting through the ruins.

US Correspondent Richard Arnold says that one of the most surreal scenes is located at the waterfront.

He says there is car after car, completely gutted, lined up along what was once the only possible escape route.

Arnold says many people died in the cars or jumped the sea wall into the ocean to escape.

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