{"id":1997819,"date":"2023-08-11T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-55-in-maui-as-fire-devastates-lahaina\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:05:55","slug":"hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-55-in-maui-as-fire-devastates-lahaina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-55-in-maui-as-fire-devastates-lahaina\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui fire: Lahaina devastated, death toll at 55."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-55-in-maui-as-fire-devastates-lahaina%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1997819&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Devastating Wildfires on Maui Island<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">death toll<\/a> from\u200d three wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has climbed to 55 confirmed deaths as of Friday morning, according\u2062 to Hawaiian \u2062officials, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">death count<\/a> is \u2063expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p>None of the three major fires have been fully contained so far, but the\u200c largest fire that destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina has been 80% contained as of Thursday. Lahaina was the Hawaiian kingdom&#8217;s capital in the 1800s.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;When you see the full extent of the destruction \u2064of Lahaina, it will shock you,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. Josh Green (D-HI)\u2062 said at\u2062 a news conference Thursday. <strong>&#8220;It does appear like a bomb \u2062and fire went off, if I \u200dmay. And \u2063all of those buildings virtually \u200care going \u2062to have to be rebuilt.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The destruction of Lahaina is particularly devastating to Hawaiians, as the town is filled with Native Hawaiian history and culture. The town was home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-55-in-maui-as-fire-devastates-lahaina\/\" title=\"Maui fire: Lahaina devastated, death toll at 55.\">famous large banyan tree<\/a> that was\u200d planted \u200cin April 1873 to\u2064 mark the place where King Kamehameha\u2019s \u200dfirst palace stood. Much of that tree has been burned in the fires,\u2063 according to the town\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of the aerial footage that we\u2019ve seen \u200dfrom the area reminds me of the pictures from Dresden from World \u200bWar II,&#8221;\u2063 Hawaii \u200bEmergency Management Agency spokesman\u2062 Adam \u200cWeintraub said, referring to a German city that was almost fully\u200b destroyed by Allied bombs.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster, which broke \u2062out\u200d on Tuesday, has resulted in one of the deadliest fires in \u200bAmerica&#8217;s history. The deadliest in the past 100 years was the 2018 Camp fire that devastated Paradise, California, and killed 85 people.\u200d Although the Maui fires have killed 55 people so far, the number is expected to rise as officials search for \u2063people who are considered missing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON \u2063EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden \u200capproved the state&#8217;s request for a federal &#8220;state of emergency&#8221; declaration on Thursday, \u200cwhich helps supply the \u2062state with federal resources\u2063 to fight the fires and will help with the costs of rebuilding the civilization when the \u2064fires are out. \u200bA statewide &#8220;state of emergency&#8221; order has been in effect since Tuesday \u2064and\u200d is set to expire on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The fires have damaged or destroyed close to 300 structures in Maui County, at least \u200b270 of\u200c which are from Lahaina, according to officials. But it is too early to determine the full scale of the\u200b destruction and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co. [VIDEO]\">final tally<\/a> of the lives that have been lost.\u200d Officials have warned that the final death tally could take weeks \u2062to confirm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll in Maui&#8217;s three wildfires has reached 55, with expectations of further increase. Hawaiian officials report that none of the major fires have been completely controlled. 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