Photos From the Hawaii Fires and the Aftermath As the sun rose on Friday in Hawaii, firefighters were still working to fully contain flare-ups from the fast-moving wildfires that devastated the historic oceanside town of Lahaina and other parts of Maui. Emergency workers prepared to resume their search for victims in scorched areas. “The fire was just traveling too fast, and too hot, and next thing you know Lahaina town is gone, literally gone,” said Mark Stefl, whose house burned down and who lost a cat and a dog as he and his wife scrambled to escape the inferno. Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said on Thursday that more than a thousand buildings had likely been destroyed by the fires, and that hundreds of families had been displaced. The death toll, at 55, was expected to climb, he said. Here are scenes from the fires and the aftermath. August 10 The remains of a shopping center in Lahaina that once housed about two dozen stores and a movie theater. The school year at Ki...
