Witnesses have described the horror of the Maui wildfires that have killed at least 55 people and appeared to have burned much of Lahaina – the Hawaiian kingdom’s original seat of power and home to King Kamehameha’s palace – to the ground.
Survivors spoke of a scene of devastation in Lahaina, a historic tourist spot, and recounted close calls as the flames reduced part of the town to ruins and took the lives of at least three dozen of their neighbors.
