Death toll in Hawaii ‘hell’ rises to 55 as residents forced into water after heat from wildfire flames ‘began burning their skin’ on land

At least 55 people have died after the island of Maui was engulfed by intense wildfire flames that reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes, officials said — and the death toll is only expected to rise.

Officials are still surveying the extensive damage, but already expect the tragedy to become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island. ---More...