Maui Wildfire Survivor Laurie Allen Dies After 53 Days in Burn Unit

Laurie Allen, who bravely escaped the fire by running through a burning field, has tragically lost her life after more than seven weeks in a burns unit.

Destroyed buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina on Aug. 10, 2023, in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The death toll of the destructive wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, has risen as a woman who escaped the fire by running through a burning field died last week after spending more than seven weeks in a hospital’s burn unit.

Laurie Allen was among at least 98 people killed by the Aug. 8 fire that devastated historic Lahaina on the west coast of the island of Maui. The fire was the deadliest in the United States in more than a century and destroyed 2,200 buildings—most of them homes.