The director of the emergency service of Maui, the Hawaiian island devastated by some fires that leave at least 110 deadhas resigned days after assuring that he did not regret not having sounded the alarms. Herman Andaya presented his resignation this Thursday alleging health reasons and without specifying more details, according to the American chain ‘CNN’.

His resignation, however, comes at a time when there is debate why didn’t the siren system sound of the island, used above all to launch tsunami alerts. Asked about it, Andaya assured that he was not sorry for not having sounded them because they would have caused people to have moved to the interior of the island and “would have gotten into the fire.”

“Given the severity of the crisis we are facing, my team and I we will place someone in this key position as soon as possibleand I look forward to making that announcement soon,” Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said after his resignation.

On Thursday, the Pentagon reported that more than 800 military, coast guard and Defense Department civilian personnel they kept fighting the fire in the west of the island, with the aim of minimizing the maritime environmental impact and rescuing anyone who jump into the water to escape of the flames To this end, a “safety zone” has been created some 183 meters from the port of Lahaina, the most affected city, towards the ocean.

At least 110 people have died because of the fire in Hawaii, according to figures provided on Wednesday by the state’s governor, Josh Green, who indicated that the rescue teams had managed to comb about 38% of the most affected area.