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For the Lahaina fire alone, the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated that over 2,200 buildings had been destroyed, [5] [14] [15] overwhelmingly residential [16] [17] and including many historic landmarks in Lahaina. [18] [19] The damage caused by the fire has been estimated at nearly $6 billion.
Dry conditions combined with high winds and droughts contributed to the unprecedented fires
The fires have caused widespread devastation in Lahaina, a beach resort city of about 13,000 people on northwestern Maui that was once a whaling center and the Hawaiian Kingdom's capital and now ...
6:37 a.m.: Dora-fueled winds help create conditions for a 3-acre brush fire that breaks out in the area of Lahainaluna Road, east of the historic seaside town of Lahaina. 9 a.m.: The brush fire in ...
The town of Lahaina, located in western Maui, was seemingly hit the hardest with more than 270 structures burned. The speed at which the fire in Lahaina moved on Tuesday night made it difficult ...
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - A fire engine arrived within five minutes of the first reports of a wildfire last August on the edge of Lahaina, the historic Hawaiian resort town, according to the ...
At a press conference on Oct. 2, in Wailuku, MFD Chief Brad Ventura said: “In sum, the origin and cause of the Lahaina fire is clear: the re-energization of broken power lines caused sparks that ...
The fire that burnt Lahaina was 80 per cent contained by Thursday morning, Maui County said. ... How did the Hawaii wildfires start? Friday 11 August 2023 00:45, Ariana Baio.