Photos show Lahaina before and after wildfire devastation
Dramatic photos show the wildfire devastation in Lahaina, Hawaii, where a deadly wildfire that killed at least 36 people left a wasteland of burned-out homes and obliterated communities.
This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of southern Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, on June 25, left, and an overview of the same area on Wednesday, following a wildfire that tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island. The search of the wildfire wreckage Thursday on Maui revealed a wasteland of burned homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 53 lives, making it the deadliest in the U.S. in five years.
This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Banyan Court in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, on June 25, top, and an overview of the same area on Wednesday, following a wildfire that tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island. The flames left some people with mere minutes to act and led some to flee into the ocean.
This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, on June 25, left, and an overview of the same area on Wednesday.
This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Lahaina Square on Maui, Hawaii, on June 25, left, and an overview of the same area on Wednesday.
Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday in Lahaina, Hawaii, where a deadly wildfire that killed at least 53 people left a wasteland of burned-out homes and obliterated communities.
Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday in Lahaina, Hawaii. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. said the island had “been tested like never before in our lifetime.” “We are grieving with each other during this inconsolable time,” he said in a recorded statement. “In the days ahead, we will be stronger as a ‘kaiaulu,’ or community, as we rebuild with resilience and aloha.”
Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday in Lahaina, Hawaii. Mauro Farinelli, of Lahaina, said the winds started blowing hard on Tuesday, and then somehow a fire started up on a hillside. “It just ripped through everything with amazing speed,” he said, adding it was “like a blowtorch.”
Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday in Lahaina, Hawaii. Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the deadly fire started Tuesday and took the island by surprise, racing through parched growth and neighborhoods in the historic town of Lahaina, a tourist destination that dates to the 1700s and is the biggest community on the island's west side.
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