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A new organization aims to provide more support for Filipino fire survivors on Maui. Members of the Lahaina Filipino Fire ...
"Burning airborne materials can light fires a great distance away from the main body of fire." The Lahaina wildfire was one of four blazes that broke out on Maui on Aug. 8, scorching a combined 10 ...
Kaipo Kekona, a Lahaina resident and president of Hawai‘i Farmers Union United, said community members had tried to water ...
After the fire that devastated Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, the West Maui community is still in the process of healing and ...
The first of two stolen signs was re-installed at the location on the north side of Lahaina along the Honoapiʻilani Highway. The second sign which stood across from Puamana Park will be installed at a ...
The Lahaina Filipino Fire Survivor Association is meant to aid immigrant workers and families directly impacted by the fire.
More than 800 homeowners lived in their Lahaina homes at the time of the 2023 fire. The Lahaina Homeowner Recovery Program ...
A temporary housing development is nearing completion for fire survivors in Lahaina who didn’t qualify for FEMA assistance.
Maui County granted $10 million to the Lahaina Community Land Trust to buy properties to create open space and retreat from the coastline. The land trust was set up after the fire to purchase ...
“While fire-affected areas of Lahaina still remain closed to the public, Kaanapali and the greater area of West Maui is open,” Tetsuji Yamazaki, general manager of Sheraton Maui Resort ...
The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but is not a species ... What other trees were destroyed in the fire? Sparkman estimates that Lahaina lost some 25,000 trees in the fire.