Hawaii wild fires killed many people. 11,000 evacuated. Lahaina destroyed

Wildfires destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, a seaside town that was once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. At least 36 people have died, 11,000 have been evacuated and a state of emergency has been declared.
A huge search and rescue operation is under way, with some people still unaccounted for.
Service members from the U.S. Army arrived Wednesday night and were “conducting search and recovery efforts”
Crews continue to battle the Maui and the Big Island fires, which have been fanned in part by strong winds from a category 4 hurricane Dora.
Multiple neighbourhoods have been burned to the ground.
Winds of up to 85 miles per hour had stopped helicopters from dropping water on the fires on Maui until Wednesday, when some 150,000 gallons were used to battle the flames.
Some people jumped in the water of the Pacific Ocean to escape the flames.
The Coast Guard pulled around a dozen people out of the ocean, with the fires spreading right down to the water and destroying boats.
United Airlines and American Airlines said Thursday they are sending planes to Maui to evacuate passengers
We’ve canceled today’s inbound flights to Kahului Airport so our planes can fly empty to Maui and be used as passenger flights back to the mainland,” United said in a statement.

Once known as Lele, which means “relentless sun” in Hawaiian, Lāhainā is a historic town that has been transformed into a Maui hotspot with dozens of art galleries and a variety of unique shops and restaurants.

Once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the early nineteenth century, Lāhainā was also a historic whaling village during the whaling boom of the mid-1800s. Up to 1,500 sailors from as many as 400 ships took leave in Lāhainā, including Herman Melville, who immortalized the era in his classic novel Moby Dick.

Today, Lāhainā is on the National Register of Historic Places. You can still get a feel for old Lāhainā as you stroll down lively Front Street, ranked one of the “Top Ten Greatest Streets” by the American Planning Association. Visit historic stops like the U.S. Seamen’s Hospital, Hale Paʻahao (Lāhainā Prison), the Pioneer Inn, Maui’s oldest living banyan tree and other sites on the Lāhainā Historic Trail. Approximately 55 acres of old Lāhainā have been set aside as historic districts.