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In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui.The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two people missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast.
What is the cause of the wildfires? ... Friday 11 August for the first time since wildfires killed at least 67 people and turned large swaths of the centuries-old town into a hellscape of ashen ...
Investigations into the cause of the Maui wildfire blazes are underway ... Hawaii on August 16, 2023 (AFP via Getty Images) ... Lahaina fire has ‘no active threats’ at this time. 14:45, Ariana ...
Investigations into the cause of the Maui wildfire ... As the death toll from the Hawaii wildfires reaches at least 111 people, one woman decided to showcase her vacation to the island in a now ...
Dry conditions combined with high winds and droughts contributed to the unprecedented fires
English: Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook perform aerial water bucket drops on the Island of Maui to assist the fight of wildfires, Maui, Hawaii, August 09, 2023. The two air crews performed 58 total bucket drops in 5 hours in up country Maui totaling over one hundred thousand gallons dropped on the fires.
Zeke Kalua/County of Maui via AP. This photo provided by County of Maui shows fire and smoke filling the sky from wildfires on the intersection at Hokiokio Place and Lahaina Bypass in Maui, Hawaii ...
Wildfires, which first broke out on 8 August were fast-moving leaving little time for people in Lahaina to evacuate. Over 2,000 buildings and homes have been burned and 1,000 people are still missing.