The power was out and the air-conditioning off when Dustin Kaleiopu woke up on Tuesday morning in Lahaina.
“The wind was noisy,” said Mr. Kaleiopu, 26.
When the fire reached his neighbor’s yard, Mr. Kaleiopu said he loaded his grandfather into a car and began preparing to leave.
Mr. Kaleiopu has spent recent days with family in another part of Maui, a comfort that others do not have.
Still, Mr. Kaleiopu said, there was no question that he would return to Lahaina, that he would carve out a new life in a rebuilt town.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Longtime, Investors
Locations:
Lahaina ., Lahaina, Maui, Honolulu