Editorial: Rapidly build up Hawaii’s wildfire response

Jan 19, 2025

Certain terrible truths about the deadly Lahaina fire on Aug. 8, 2023, became evident immediately after the disaster, including these facts: Hours after the fire began, Maui’s mayor was unaware that it was uncontrolled or that it threatened all of Lahaina; and top emergency management agency officials at the county and state levels had no idea that people had died in the fire until the next day.