Maui wildfire among worst in U.S. history

The wildfires that destroyed the town of Lahaina are the deadliest in the U.S. in over a century, with the toll expected to rise significantly

DEADLIEST U.S. WILDFIRES (20 or more fatalities)
   
1871  Wisconsin   1,152
1918  Minnesota, Wisconsin 453 
1894  Minnesota 418
1881  Michigan 282
2023  Hawaii 93*
1910  Idaho, Montana  87 
2018  California 86
1902  Washington, Oregon 65
2017  California  44
2020  California  31 
1933  California  29 
1991  California  25

WA MT MN OR ID WI MI CA
UNITED STATES
HI 

*As of Aug 12

Sources: NFPA Archive, Reuters
Picture: Getty Images
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