'It's all been raised to the ground' - Irishman on holiday in Maui.
An Irishman on Maui has described a"white-knuckle drive" to the airport with his family as devastating wildfires engulf parts of the Hawaiian island.
Fuelled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the fire started on Tuesday and took Maui by surprise.It moved quickly through parched growth covering the island and then on to people's homes."We arrived on Maui on Saturday last - [it's] absolutely like a paradise, [it's a] beautiful place," he said.
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