Wildfire ravages historic Maui beach town, leaves it in ruins
Active fires and plumes of smoke rose from a landscape of destroyed buildings in what was left of the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. At the town's gathering place, Banyan Court, trees charred in the wildfires include a 150 year old banyan tree.
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A dangerous mix of conditions converged to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging. Here’s a look at the devastating fires, and what’s behind them.
