Burned-out cars sit after a wildfire raged through Lahaina, Hawaii, on Wednesday.
Wildfire wreckage is seen on Thursday, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the deadliest blaze in the U.S. in recent years.
A banyan tree rises among the Wildfire wreckage on Thursday, in Lahaina, Hawaii. For 150 years, the colossal tree shaded community events, including art fairs.
A wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities is left on Thursday, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following a stubborn blaze.
A man walks past wildfire wreckage on Wednesday, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday. Thousands of residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years.
People watch as smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday. Maui officials say wildfire in the historic town has burned parts of one of the most popular tourist areas in Hawaii. County of Maui spokesperson Mahina Martin said in a phone interview early Wednesday fire was widespread in Lahaina, including Front Street, an area of the town popular with tourists.
The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Fire and smoke fill the sky from wildfires on the intersection at Hokiokio Place and Lahaina Bypass in Maui, Hawaii on Tuesday.
Smoke blows across the slope of Haleakala volcano on Maui, Hawaii, as a fire burns in Maui's upcountry region on Tuesday.
This GOES-18 fire temperature composite satellite image taken 6:30 p.m. EDT. on Wednesday and released by NOAA, shows hot land surface temperatures in red on the Hawaii Islands. A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.
An overview of Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii on June 25, left, and an overview of the same area on Wednesday following a wildfire that tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island.
People gather at the Kahului Airport while waiting for flights on Wednesday, in Kahului, Hawaii. Several thousand Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as the Lahaina fire swept across the island, killing multiple people and burning parts of a centuries-old town.
Members of a Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources wildland firefighting crew on Maui battle a fire in Kula, Hawaii, on Tuesday.
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