A devastating firestorm has reduced many homes to ashes in Lahaina, a popular island tourist destination in Hawaii.
On Tuesday, brushfires fueled by high winds quickly spread and engulfed Lahaina on Maui’s western side.
The wall of flames is to blame for the death of at least 80 individuals, with a significant number of those remains discovered in Lahaina, government officials said at last check.
It makes it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state’s history.
Lahaina residents have slowly been allowed to return but forced to wait hours in their vehicles parked on the main road into town before entering the fire zone due to a nightfall curfew.
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