Hawaiʻi Fires

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Maui Residents Can’t Find Housing. Neither Can Their Cats And Dogs David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Maui Residents Can’t Find Housing. Neither Can Their Cats And Dogs

With housing scarce after the Lahaina wildfire, the Maui Humane Society says it’s struggling to find people to adopt animals and its shelter is well over capacity.

These Are The Stories Lahaina Wildfire Survivors Never Got To Tell Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

These Are The Stories Lahaina Wildfire Survivors Never Got To Tell

Court documents filed in a wildfire compensation lawsuit give an unprecedented look at the struggles fire survivors continue to face.

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Clears Way For $4 Billion Maui Wildfire Settlement Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Clears Way For $4 Billion Maui Wildfire Settlement

A historic settlement can begin flowing to people and businesses affected by the fire, but consequences for the insurance market are unclear.

Stakes Are High As Maui Wildfire Settlement Case Goes Before Supreme Court Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Stakes Are High As Maui Wildfire Settlement Case Goes Before Supreme Court

The outcome could mean higher insurance premiums or a bankrupt utility. It could also upend the proposed settlement, delaying payments to wildfire victims

Kirstin Downey: Maui’s Historic Restaurants Get Help From National Trust Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2025

Kirstin Downey: Maui’s Historic Restaurants Get Help From National Trust

They survived Covid. Then they escaped the Maui fire. Now some longtime island favorites are finally getting some help.

Cost Of 450 Temporary Homes For Maui Wildfire Victims: $411,000 Each Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Cost Of 450 Temporary Homes For Maui Wildfire Victims: $411,000 Each

Costs are up 60% just this year, and it is unclear what will happen to the homes after 5 years. But families are grateful to be settling into their own homes.

Kirstin Downey: Recovering From Maui’s Tree Apocalypse Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: Recovering From Maui’s Tree Apocalypse

A nonprofit has been delivering new trees to property owners whose greenery was destroyed in the fires that burned in Upcountry and Lahaina.

Hawaiʻi Official Winces As LA Residents Ignore Health Risks To Survey Ruins Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiʻi Official Winces As LA Residents Ignore Health Risks To Survey Ruins

Just like in Lahaina, residents returning to assess damage could be exposed to toxins in the ash of burned buildings and vehicles.

Final Maui Fires Report Calls For Better Communication, Prevention, Education Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Final Maui Fires Report Calls For Better Communication, Prevention, Education

The report provides a blueprint for the critical first steps necessary to improve fire safety statewide.

At Least 1,000 People Have Left Maui Since The Fires, Tax Records Show Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

At Least 1,000 People Have Left Maui Since The Fires, Tax Records Show

Hawaiʻi will see its annual income drop by $53 million due to migration from Valley Isle, researchers say.