Posted on Aug 19, 2023
On Maui, another fire is burning but capturing less attention than Lahaina
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The fire that roared across the historic town of Lahaina last week was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. It's killed more than 100 people and the death toll continues to climb. But another fire is still burning on Maui.
About 25 miles away from the painstaking search for victims in Lahaina, scores of people are struggling with losses of their own in Kula.
The Upcountry Fire, as it's called, moved with explosive speed. The wind whipped it up a gulch behind Kyle Ellison's home on the edge of Haleakala National Park, one of Maui's natural gems. Ellison looked over to his wife and asked, 'do you smell that?'
The fire that roared across the historic town of Lahaina last week was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. It's killed more than 100 people and the death toll continues to climb. But another fire is still burning on Maui.
About 25 miles away from the painstaking search for victims in Lahaina, scores of people are struggling with losses of their own in Kula.
The Upcountry Fire, as it's called, moved with explosive speed. The wind whipped it up a gulch behind Kyle Ellison's home on the edge of Haleakala National Park, one of Maui's natural gems. Ellison looked over to his wife and asked, 'do you smell that?'
On Maui, another fire is burning but capturing less attention than Lahaina
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