It has been unclear whether the blaze was a rekindling of the morning fire after firefighters spent hours dousing it or a separate one. The answer could prove significant to questions about liability for the destruction,though a tentative $4 billion settlementhas been reached. ...
These included the fruit trees that people grew in their yards as well as trees that are significant in Hawaiian culture, such as the ulu or breadfruit tree; the fire charred all but two of the dozen or so that remained. A general view of Front Street shows the primary debris from last...
As wind and heavy smoke that previouslygrounded National Guard helicoptersabated somewhat on Wednesday afternoon, flyovers by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department showed hundreds of structures were damaged, Maui County officials said. The damage was described as "widespread" in W...
Don Prestage, president of Sail Maui, said that two of his boats were moored off Lahaina Harbor the day of the fire but were far enough offshore to avoid damage. Still, the fires and subsequent downturn in tourism has had a significant effect on the company, including a full halt of bus...
fire-induced winds can be related to the fire intensity. While the impact of fire-induced winds on overall fire spread has been shown up to 5 km away [6], finer-scale fire–atmosphere interactions can also significantly modify the overall fire behavior, such as in the Carr Fire, where ...