This is not true. The melting point of aluminium is around 660°C, while wildfires burn at an average intensity of around 800°C. A video on Facebook claims that there is “no fire” that could have ...

Maui’s neglected grasslands caused Lahaina fire to grow with deadly speed Visual analysis retraces how the grasslands blazed. Landowners and the government have done little to address the well ...

A series of wildfires raging across Maui have devastated the island and its communities, wiping out homes, businesses, and destroying the historic town of Lahaina in just a few days.

Fires were more deadly in the 1800s and early 1900s before firefighting methods were improved. The 1871 Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin is considered the worst in U.S. history, with a death toll of 1,152.

As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93, authorities warned Saturday that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. It&#… ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — When flames swept through western Maui, engulfing the town of Lahaina, residents saw toxic fumes spewing into the air as burning homes, pipes and cars combusted, transforming ...

The water systems in West Maui failed under the extreme heat of the island’s deadly wildfires, leaving many residents and firefighters unable to combat the flames, it surfaced Monday.

The fire in Maui is now the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years, according to research from the National Fire Protection Association. Latest U.S.

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kate Bachelder Odell, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Image: Scott Morgan/Reuters The deadly fires in Maui last week are ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — When flames swept through western Maui, engulfing the town of Lahaina, residents saw toxic fumes spewing into the air as burning homes, pipes and cars combusted, transforming ...