United, American Airlines send planes to Maui to aid evacuations as wildfires ravage island

An aerial image taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in the historic Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Lahaina, Hawaii. At least 55 people have been killed in the blaze since it sparked earlier this week. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Some major U.S. airlines have joined the relief effort as crews grapple with containing wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.

The Lahaina blaze has claimed at least 55 lives since it sparked earlier this week, beginning as small brush fires and growing into the country’s most deadly wildfire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California killed 85 people.