The Maui Fires In Photos: August 2024
The county organized events to mark one year since the Aug. 8, 2023, fires ripped through Lahaina and parts of Upcountry. Almost every residential property has now been cleaned up as the community starts to rebuild.
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All but just a few of the residential properties burned in the fire have been cleaned in preparation for rebuilding. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Some vegetation has slowly come back in Lahaina, including this eggplant growing at a property that burned down in the Kuhua Camp area. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Maui Police Sgt. Chase Bell, who was born and raised on Maui, showed a photo of what the scene looked like the night of the fire. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
The Army Corps of Engineers has led the cleanup effort the past year in Lahaina, cleaning hundreds of properties. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Some homes in Lahaina survived the fires virtually unscathed. Officials are looking at what building codes should be adhered to when the town rebuilds. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Arborists say they’ve saved the historic banyan tree. A year after the fire, there’s renewed debate over what it symbolizes: resilience or colonialism? (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
This strip of Front Street in Lahaina was littered with burned vehicles unable to escape the blaze. They’ve all since been removed. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Few vehicles remain in the burn zone a year after the fires. Cleanup is pretty much down to the commercial properties, with about half being cleared as of August. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
A rooster wandered behind a charred medicine cabinet on the corner outside Hale Mahaolu in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Crews kept dust at bay with watering trucks near the Pioneer Mill staging site for commercial debris. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
The state and federal government are constructing adjacent temporary group housing projects, for hundreds of displaced Lahaina residents to live. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Some of the temporary housing units had arrived at a staging site above the Wahikuli neighborhood in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen answered questions during a community update meeting on the fire recovery at the Lahaina Civic Center. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
The mayor, members of his Cabinet, West Maui council member Tamara Paltin and other officials regularly attend the weekly meetings. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Several homes were destroyed along Kulalani Drive in Upper Kula in the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Kula residents say they have built a closer and more resilient community since the fires burned about 20 homes Upcountry. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
The county held a luncheon for Upcountry residents for the one-year anniversary of the Maui fires. (Courtney Teague/Civil Beat/2024)
Maui residents commemorated a full year following the devastating 2023 wildfires in Lahaina with a paddle-out off Honokaoo Park. (Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2024)
The paddle-out brought hundreds of people together offshore. (Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat/2024)
Gov. Josh Green and his wife Jaime attended ceremonies marking one year since the Maui fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Mayor Richard Bissen embraced members of the community at the paddle-out marking one year since the Maui fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Lahaina Strong coordinator Paele Kiakona talked to U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono before the paddle-out recognizing one year since the fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
County Council member Tamara Paltin, who represents Lahaina and West Maui, participated in the paddle-out. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
