‘Worst Nightmare’: Maui Residents Caught in Wildfires Before Official Alerts

Reports are coming stating that several Maui residents received no warning prior to the wildfires which ravaged their neighborhoods and killed dozens.
‘Worst Nightmare’: Maui Residents Caught in Wildfires Before Official Alerts
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
Naveen Athrappully
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Several residents in Maui received no warning prior to the wildfires that ravaged their neighborhoods and killed dozens of people.

The destructive wildfires have, thus far, killed at least 55 people on the island of Maui, injuring dozens more. Officials have warned that the death toll could rise. Thousands of people have been displaced and at least 1,700 structures were razed by flames in the town of Lahaina. With power and cell service down in western Maui, the exact number of how many people died or survived has been difficult to gauge.

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