HONOLULU (KHON2) — Strong winds continue to batter the islands and fuel wildfires on Maui. First responders including federal, state and county agencies are responding.
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Heartbreaking visuals sent in from Maui show the chaos on the island as many are forced to evacuate their homes due to the intensifying flames.
“This is my favorite house. Or was my favorite house,” Emerson Timmins narrates what he sees as he bikes through the Lahaina ruins.
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA) 
It’s a scene of devastation at Mauna Kea Beach Resort as fire damaged parts of the area on August 9, 2023. (Courtesy Carena Phillips) 
Brush fire aftermath in Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 (COURTESY: KALEIKAUMAKA)
First responders work to contain raging fire on Maui in Launiupoko, Hawaii, early Wednesday morning, Aug. 9, 2023. (County of Maui photo by Zeke Kalua) 
Flames in Kihei seen from a resident’s home on Maui on Tuesday night, Aug. 8, 2023.(Photo/Linda Carol Oertel) 
Flames rip through a home in Lahaina, Hawaii on Maui on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
Devastation in Maui due to brush fires as shown by U.S. Civil Air Patrol footage on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (Courtesy: U.S. Civil Air Patrol)
