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A third of the fire’s 102 victims died in the Kuhua Camp area of Lahaina, where a narrow dead-end street complicated evacuations. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

All but just a few of the residential properties burned in the fire have been cleaned in preparation for rebuilding. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Some vegetation has slowly come back in Lahaina, including this eggplant growing at a property that burned down in the Kuhua Camp area. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Maui Police Sgt. Chase Bell, who was born and raised on Maui, showed a photo of what the scene looked like the night of the fire. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

The Army Corps of Engineers has led the cleanup effort the past year in Lahaina, cleaning hundreds of properties. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Some homes in Lahaina survived the fires virtually unscathed. Officials are looking at what building codes should be adhered to when the town rebuilds. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Arborists say they’ve saved the historic banyan tree. A year after the fire, there’s renewed debate over what it symbolizes: resilience or colonialism? (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

This strip of Front Street in Lahaina was littered with burned vehicles unable to escape the blaze. They’ve all since been removed. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Few vehicles remain in the burn zone a year after the fires. Cleanup is pretty much down to the commercial properties, with about half being cleared as of August. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

A rooster wandered behind a charred medicine cabinet on the corner outside Hale Mahaolu in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Crews kept dust at bay with watering trucks near the Pioneer Mill staging site for commercial debris. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

The state and federal government are constructing adjacent temporary group housing projects, for hundreds of displaced Lahaina residents to live. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Some of the temporary housing units had arrived at a staging site above the Wahikuli neighborhood in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen answered questions during a community update meeting on the fire recovery at the Lahaina Civic Center. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

The mayor, members of his Cabinet, West Maui council member Tamara Paltin and other officials regularly attend the weekly meetings. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Several homes were destroyed along Kulalani Drive in Upper Kula in the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Kula residents say they have built a closer and more resilient community since the fires burned about 20 homes Upcountry. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

The county held a luncheon for Upcountry residents for the one-year anniversary of the Maui fires. (Courtney Teague/Civil Beat/2024)

Maui residents commemorated a full year following the devastating 2023 wildfires in Lahaina with a paddle-out off Honokaoo Park. (Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2024)

The paddle-out brought hundreds of people together offshore. (Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat/2024)

Gov. Josh Green and his wife Jaime attended ceremonies marking one year since the Maui fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Mayor Richard Bissen embraced members of the community at the paddle-out marking one year since the Maui fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

Lahaina Strong coordinator Paele Kiakona talked to U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono before the paddle-out recognizing one year since the fires. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

County Council member Tamara Paltin, who represents Lahaina and West Maui, participated in the paddle-out. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

The Hokulea and a support vessel sailed to Maui for the one-year remembrance events. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)