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Some Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by wildfire

Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties for the first time Monday since the historic Maui town was destroyed by wildfire on Aug. 8.

By Associated Press and Craig T. Kojima

Sept. 25, 2023

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A building called Kaiaulu o Kupuohi, on Kupuohi Street opened last year to offer affordable rentals. Now all that remains are three burned towers.
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Scenes of Lahaina on Honoapiilani Hwy between Kaniau Road and Lahaina Gateway.
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Scenes of Lahaina on Honoapiilani Hwy between Kaniau Road and Lahaina Gateway.
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Darryl Oliveira, interim administrator of Maui Emergency Management Agency.
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Chuck Hogan, whose home was spared, with I’ilani, a neighbors macaw whose owner couldn’t take to a hotel. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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A home on 11 Kaniau St. survived fire. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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John and Gay Williams, of Hawaii Pacific Baptist Disaster Relief. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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A water truck going up Kaniau Road. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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National Guard on Kaniau Road. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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The area at 1584 Malo St. had three burned cars in garage area. Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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Survivors of Maui fire return to homes through Kaniau Road in Lahaina.
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Hawaii National Guards check on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. Kaniau Street of Zone 1C is the first zone to be cleared for re-entry starting today.
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The Hawaii National Guard checks on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. Kaniau Street of Zone 1C is the first zone to be cleared for re-entry starting today.
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The Hawaii National Guard checks on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. Kaniau Street of Zone 1C is the first zone to be cleared for re-entry starting today.
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Darryl Oliveira, interim administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, talks to the media at a checkpoint on Kaniau Road, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina.
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Todd Taylor, of Samaritan's Purse, talks to the media at a checkpoint on Kaniau Street, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina.
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Hawaii National Guard Sgt. Raymund Gallardo guides a car to the checkpoint on Kaniau Road, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier.
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Members of the Hawaii National Guard check on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Road, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier.
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Chuck Hogan, a resident on Kaniau Road, shows his parrot, IIlani, at a checkpoint, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier.
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Doctors, who volunteered to stand by for the residents of Kaniau Road on their first day returning to their property following last month's wildfire, walk in an authorized personnel area on Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier.
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Charred trees and burned cars are pictured on Malo Street, Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina, following Maui's deadly wildfire.
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A swing is pictured by a burned house on Malo Street on Monday, Sept. 25, in Lahaina. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier.

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