Hawaii Announces $4 Billion Combined Settlement for Deadly Maui Fires

The 2023 fires devastated the island, causing widespread damage and deaths.

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 8, 2023. Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP

A consortium of Hawaii businesses and state entities have agreed in principle to compensate and settle with parties affected by the wildfires that ravaged the island of Maui a year ago.

The seven defendants—the state of Hawaii, the county of Maui, Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, West Maui Land Co., Hawaiian Telcom, and Spectrum/Charter Communications—will pay $4 billion as compensation to homeowners, businesses, and insurance companies that were affected by the Aug. 8, 2023, windstorms and wildfires, according to an Aug. 2 statement from Hawaii Gov. Josh Green.