Economic losses from fires on the island of Maui in Hawaii are estimated at $ 6 billion, said Governor of Hawaii Josh Green.
“losses are estimated at $ 6 billion. About 2.2 thousand buildings were destroyed or damaged as a result of fires on Maui, 80 percent of them are residential,” said Green.
The official number of deaths of forest fires on the island reached 93. However, the number of victims can increase, since there are still missing.
The fire that began on the island of Maui on August 9 became the most deadly in the United States for more than 100 years. Due to the strong wind, the fire quickly spread to the historical city of Lahaina, which as a result was completely burned.