The city’s historic district was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
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At least 67 people are dead after wildfires engulfed Lahaina, Maui, officials said Friday, as the town continues to experience a string of fires that damaged or destroyed some of its historic landmarks.Key Facts
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) said in an on-air interview with CNN on Friday afternoon that all of the confirmed fatalities occurred “out in the streets or out in the open” and that “without a doubt there will be more fatalities” as crews search destroyed homes.
A 150-year-old banyan tree—a 60-foot-tall tree spanning an entire city block and 46 trunks, according to the Lahaina Restoration Foundation—has been charred and will “likely grow back,” according to city officials, though James Friday, a forester from the University of Hawaii, told the New York Times it “doesn’t look like that tree is going to recover.”
The Baldwin Home—believed to be the oldest house on Maui—burned to the ground, according to CNN.
