Maui Wildfires

[Martinjmpr]

Lahaina, Hawaii, residents share harrowing escape from devastating wildfires: 'Everything is gone' (yahoo.com)

And the flames grew much faster than anyone could have imagined. In a few hours, the wind-driven blaze tore through popular Front Street and decimated a town center that traced its roots to the 1700s and was on the National Register of Historic Places.

This is just heartbreaking. We were in Lahaina last November, looks like the historic downtown district is gone. I presume the huge Banyan tree also burned up. And even more tragically, 36 confirmed dead which just goes to show what happens when a wildfire hits a populated place like this.

I didn't even know they had wildfires in Hawaii, I figured it was too wet, but apparently it's been quite dry there for a long time and when the winds kicked up, it just exploded.