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The Independent UK
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Maui's mayor says Lahaina debris site will be used temporarily until a permanent spot is found

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The mayor of the Hawaiian island of Maui said Thursday that a site selected to hold debris from last year's deadly wildfires that devastated the city of Lahaina will not store it permanently.

Instead the debris will be at the Olowalu site south of Lahaina only until a permanent spot is identified and a landfill built there, Mayor Richard Bissen said during a County Council committee meeting, according to a statement from his office.

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