Important Takeaways:

• At least 36 killed on Maui as fires burn through Hawaii and thousands race to escape
• Wildfires fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane killed 36 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and other buildings on the Hawaiian island of Maui, in the deadliest blaze in the U.S. in years.
• Firefighters still battled blazes on the island, as local officials prepared to evacuate thousands of visitors and find shelter for residents in need.
• The flames left some people with mere minutes to act and led some to flee into the ocean.
• It is the deadliest fire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people and virtually razed the town of Paradise.
• Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. said the island had “been tested like never before in our lifetime.”

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