Some Lahaina residents are returning to their devastated properties for the first time since the historic Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago
FILE - Sydney Carney walks through her home, which was destroyed by a wildfire on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Lahaina residents are grappling with a range of feelings as Maui authorities plan to begin allowing them back into what has become known as the"burn zone.
“I want the freedom to just be there and absorb what happened,” Claydon said."Whatever I might find, even if it’s just those jars of sea glass, I’m looking forward to taking it. ... It’s a piece of home.” Some survivors jumped over a sea wall and sheltered in the waves as hot black smoke blotted out the sun. The wildfireClaydon's home was a single-story cinderblock house painted a reddish-tan, similar to the red dirt in Lahaina. She can see the property from a National Guard blockade that has kept unauthorized people out of the burn zone. A few of the walls are still standing, and some green lawn remains, she said.
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