Hawaii fire death toll hits 53
Lahaina is destroyed by brushfires, as seen from the air on Thursday. Fifty-three people were killed and thousands evacuated on the island of Maui in Hawaii, USA, on Wednesday. – EPA pic, August 11, 2023.
THE death toll from a terrifying wildfire that razed a historic Hawaiian town hit 53 yesterday, making it one of the deadliest disasters to strike the islands since they became a US state. Brushfires on the west coast of Hawaii’s Maui island – fuelled by high winds from a nearby hurricane – broke out Tuesday and rapidly engulfed the seaside town of Lahaina.
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