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- West Maui reopened for tourism on Oct. 8, just two months after the outbreak of the wildfires. The decision was considered controversial, with business owners calling for economic relief and a return to normalcy and residents insisting they needed more time to heal and recover.
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Aug 14, 2023 · Hawaiian officials are braced for a significant rise in the death toll from the fast-spreading wildfires, which caused devastation on the island of Maui and destroyed most of the historic town of...
Aug 5, 2024 · It's a ritual that continues to play out across west Maui after the Aug. 8 fires killed at least 102 people and destroyed the former capital of the kingdom of Hawaii.
- Alicia Victoria Lozano
- National Reporter
Aug 14, 2023 · The Lahaina fire in West Maui ignited as firefighters focused on the Upcountry fire. What happened next — the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century — left the historic town in ashes.
Aug 8, 2024 · Two dozen homes and structures burned to the ground, but the fire danger was far from over. Another fire broke out around 6:35 a.m. in West Maui, near Lahaina Intermediate School. It didn’t...
- HNN Staff
Jan 31, 2024 · It has been nearly six months since wildfires swept the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing a hundred people and wiping out the historic town of Lahaina. NPR national correspondent Debbie Elliott...
Aug 13, 2023 · Evacuations were ordered in the western Maui community of Kaanapali today after a fire, Maui County Police said.