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Deadliest US wildfires in a century claim 93 lives in Hawaii

Toll expected to continue rising after blazes sweep through tropical island of Maui

At least 93 people have died in wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, as authorities battle to control what has become the US’s deadliest wildfire outbreak in more than a century.

Firefighters had contained one fire near southern Kihei in the island’s south-west, but continued to fight blazes in western Maui and inland, the Maui county government said in a statement published on Saturday.

The fires began on Tuesday, engulfing the historical town of Lahaina as it was fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, which passed hundreds of miles south of Hawaii, a popular tourist destination.

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