‘Hawaii Five-0′ executive producer among residents with Hawaii ties impacted by LA wildfires

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On his Instagram, Peter Lenkov, executive producer of the “Hawaii Five-0″ and “Magnum P.I.” reboot series showed images of his weekend getaway on La Costa Beach in Malibu that he had for many years, but was lost in the Los Angeles wildfires.

“I’ve seen video of the house, so it doesn’t look like there’s much, but you never know,” Lenkov told Hawaii News Now.

HNN spoke to him as he was waiting in his car hoping to get back to the home.

“I’m sort of sitting by the side of the road, waiting for the police to open up the roads so I can get in there and see if there’s anything at all,” said Lenkov.

He says police told him about looters.

“They did say there were some looters going through already in that area that they had arrested, but they weren’t going to let any residents in,” he said.

Lenkov thinks his treasured surfboard from the late 1800s may have burned, but he wants to see the damage firsthand and is hoping something can be salvaged.

He said many people from Hawaii have reached out.

“We are fine, but I really feel bad. I feel bad for the people that have lost everything,” said Lenkov.

“I still have a home right now to go back to. We have no power, but that’s nothing compared to a lot of people and a lot of friends of mine are standing in front of rubble, and that’s all they had,” he said.

Tanya Reyes, who’s from Makawao, Maui, lost her home in Altadena from the Eaton fire. She’s at her sister’s home, but the family is going to a hotel after hearing repeated alerts.

HNN spoke to her Thursday afternoon.

“We are going to leave again, because we want to be ahead of it,” said Reyes.

Angela Galvan, a University of Hawaii graduate and Sherman Oaks resident, packed her car before she got the official evacuation warning. She said she feels like a “sitting duck.”

“It’s just a lot going on right now,” she said.

Sanford Hill, a Lahaina wildfire survivor, lost several friends at an elderly complex during that disaster. He lived in the Hollywood Hills during the 80s.

“It was spooky and I still know people in LA,” said Hill.

Hill says the similarities between both disasters trigger his PTSD.