Event narrative (NOAA)
A wildfire near Lahaina was reported at 6:40 am HST and was contained within 3 hours. Another fire was reported around 3:30pm and prompted evacuation orders by 4:30 pm. However, power lines downed by the damaging winds closed roads and restricted evacuation routes. Wildfire continued to spread rapidly and quickly became out of control. The Coast Guard rescued people entering the Pacific Ocean who were escaping the fire. They rescued seventeen people including two children and assisted forty survivors on shore. At around 11:52 pm the Hawaii National guard was deployed on Maui as wildfires continued to burn out of control. At 1:20 AM on August 9, over 14,000 customers were without power, and at 5:03 AM, the fire damaged much of the historic banyan tree that was imported to Maui in 1873 from
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.