What Fueled the Hawaiian Wildfires | PBS NewsHour

Crews are still fighting fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. At least 100 people are known dead and more than 270 buildings damaged or destroyed across a blackened landscape. It’s the nation’s deadliest fire disaster in five years. 

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