Wildfire devastates Hawaii's Lahaina, historic city and onetime capital of former kingdom
Kamuela Kawaakoa and Iiulia Yasso and their son Kama, all of Lahaina, rest at an evacuation shelter in Wailuku, Hawaii on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Wildfires have devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing multiple people, damaging or destroying over 270 structures and reducing most of a historic town to ash. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
By MARK THIESSEN and AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
KAHULUI, Hawaii — The wildfire that has brought sheer devastation to Maui is especially heartbreaking for Hawaii because it struck one of its most historic cities and the onetime capital of the former kingdom....