Governor says death toll in Lahaina is expected to rise after ‘worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced’
- Hawaii fires: a visual guide to the explosive blaze that razed Lahaina
At least 89 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, governor Josh Green has said, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century and with the toll expected to rise.
“It’s an impossible day,” governor Josh Green told reporters on Saturday after viewing the devastation. Earlier, he said operations were now centered on “the loss of life”.
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