 Eyewitness video recorded from a boat off the coast of Maui on Tuesday, August 8, showed the scale of the wildfires that destroyed buildings and turned the resort town of Lahaina into smoldering ruins. Maui's wildfires have killed at least 53 people, a toll expected to rise, and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will take many years and billions of dollars to rebuild, Hawaiian officials said on August 10. Thousands of tourists and locals were evacuated from the western side of Maui, which has a year-round population of about 166,000, with some taking shelter on the island or on the neighboring island of Oahu.