Maui officials highlight steps toward rebuilding as 1-year mark of deadly wildfire approaches
Maui officials are highlighting some steps toward rebuilding nearly a year after a deadly wildfire destroyed much of Lahaina. That includes residential building permits being issued, construction underway to rebuild one home and new growth on a giant, 151-year-old banyan tree along the town's historic Front Street. Maui officials invited a group of Hawaii journalists to visit certain fire-ravaged sites to show what progress is being made. The deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed thousands of homes and killed 102 people in Lahaina.