Maui wildfire kills 67 in Hawaii’s most deadly disaster

The fires became the deadliest natural disaster in the state’s history, surpassing that of a tsunami that killed 61 people on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1960.

The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose 67 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort town with little warning.