A report from Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez focused on the actions of the Maui County mayor in the response to the devastating wildfire last summer that killed more than 100 people and razed the historic town of Lahaina. The nearly 400-page investigative report released Wednesday raises new and troubling questions about Maui County Mayor Richard …
A brush fire burned 7 acres on Saturday and prompted Maui authorities to briefly evacuate residents from a neighborhood of Lahaina — just a few miles from the site recently ravaged by blazes — before firefighters brought it under control. Firefighters doused flames from above using a helicopter and with hoses on the ground, said John …
Maui County officials released the names late Thursday of 388 people unaccounted for since the decimating August 8 wildfires, the first such list to be issued. An FBI official said in a statement that the list “is only those who have been validated by having been reported as unaccounted for. They were only deemed validated …
Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company on Thursday over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing …
Washington — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Sunday he wished sirens would have alerted residents on Maui to evacuate as a wildfire quickly spread through Lahaina, calling the response by the island’s now former emergency chief “utterly unsatisfactory to the world.” “Of course, as a person, as a father, as a doctor, I wish all …
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Maui officials confirmed Friday that the wildfire death toll has risen to at least 114, while the search for hundreds of missing people continued in the historic coastal port city of Lahaina, which was almost completely destroyed by the blaze. Only six of the victims have so far been publicly identified. Hawaii Gov. Josh …
The death toll in the Maui wildfires reached 110 Wednesday — and was expected to rise considerably — as many desperate residents searched for missing family members in the wreckage of the fire that decimated an estimated 80% of the historic town of Lahaina. FEMA spokesperson Adam Weintraub told reporters Wednesday that the number …
The ongoing search for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century continued in earnest Tuesday on the Hawaiian island of Maui. At least 106 people have been confirmed dead in the blaze that destroyed most of the historic port town of Lahaina — one of several fires that broke out in …
SAN MATEO — The Bay Area Aloha Festival saw a boost in attendance this year due to the Hawaii wildfires. Organizers said the celebratory event took on a new role: helping with relief efforts. Among the thousands working at and attending the festival in San Mateo Saturday was Jasmine Contreras. She flew from the Hawaiian …