After losing everything, will fire-hit Filipinos stay in Lahaina?

By Associated Press

Sep 12, 2023 12:17 am

LAHAINA, Hawaii: Ambulance and fire truck sirens wailed outside as Elsie Rosales stripped linens from king-sized mattresses at a beachfront resort in Lahaina.

She tried to focus on the work, but was beset by dread: Had a wildfire taken the home she scrimped to buy on a housekeeper's wages?

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