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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums*Just heard, on PBS Newshour, Maui fire 80% controlled,
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*Just heard, on PBS Newshour, Maui fire 80% controlled, (Original Post)
elleng
Aug 2023
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AllaN01Bear
(27,648 posts)1. yess. eggscllent news .


Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. In spite of winds. What it must have taken! And the fires on
the Big Island were controlled and people able to return home a long time ago now.
Bev54
(12,957 posts)3. What an absolute devastating state of affairs for the residences of Lahaina
I feel so bad for them, and when looking at those streets, remember walking down them myself.
NowISeetheLight
(4,002 posts)4. Fatalities
The ladt thong I read was 36 fatalities so far. Horrible.
Bo Zarts
(26,078 posts)5. Technically it would be 80% CONTAINED..
Then it would be called controlled, and finally out.
elleng
(141,114 posts)6. Thanks, Bo.