Fast-moving wildfire kills at least 6 as it razes Hawaiian town

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 10, 2023 1:40 pm

LOS ANGELES: A wildfire that turned a historic Hawaiian town to ashes killed at least six people, officials said Wednesday, with desperate residents jumping into the ocean in a bid to escape the fast-moving flames.

US Coast Guard officers plucked at least a dozen people from the water as emergency services were overwhelmed by a disaster that appeared to have erupted almost without warning.

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