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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh, Andrew Witherspoon and Bryony Moore

Hawaii fires: a visual guide to the explosive blaze that razed Lahaina

An aerial image shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront.
An aerial image shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Explosive wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed dozens of people, displaced thousands and reduced much of the vibrant, centuries-old town of Lahaina to ash.

As residents are beginning to return to the historic town, Hawaii is starting to reckon with the unfathomable loss left by the deadliest blaze in the US in a century. “What we’ve seen has been catastrophic,” said Josh Green, the governor.

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