Local Red Cross assisting Maui wildfire recovery efforts
Several people from our state are many miles from home, helping residents recover from the wildfires in Maui. Six Alabamians are in Hawaii for the next three weeks helping the American…
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Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters
The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged Sunday night its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break…
Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires
The Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Hawaii’s governor has vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people. Gov.…
Survivors of Maui fires face power cuts and poor cell service as teams work to find and ID the dead
The Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Survivors of deadly wildfires on Maui contended with intermittent power and unreliable cell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Teams, meanwhile, labored to find the dead and identify them. With the…
Hawaii works to identify 99 confirmed dead after Maui wildfires as teams intensify search
The Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Hawaii officials are working painstakingly to identify the 99 people confirmed killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui. They expect to release the first…
At least 55 people died on Maui. Residents had little warning before wildfires overtook a town
The Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile…
At least 36 killed on Maui as fires burn through Hawaii and thousands race to escape
By AUDREY MCAVOY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and NICK PERRY, Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at…
