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President Joe Biden compared a small kitchen fire at his home in Delaware 19 years ago to the devastation in Lahaina, Maui, telling victims he had a sense of what it was like to “lose a home.”

Maui’s wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 114 people, have left more than 1,000 missing, and have destroyed around 2,000 buildings, but churches across the Hawaiian island have brought light to a dark and dire situation.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will touch down in Maui on Monday as the search goes on for more than 1,000 people left missing and unaccounted for nearly two weeks since wildfires devastated the Hawaii island.

A mother and daughter are praising a man for his quick thinking as wildfires closed in around them on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Herman Andaya, the head administrator for the Maui Emergency Management Agency, resigned from his position just shortly after questions erupted about his handling of the wildfire disaster.

Herman Andaya, chief of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, is coming under increasing scrutiny for his response to the Maui wildfires.

A state water agency in Hawaii has been accused of delaying the release of water from a traditional farm that landowners reportedly wanted to use to protect their property as the Maui wildfire spread last week.

Breitbart News’ Kristina Wong shares her firsthand experience of being in Maui during the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in over 100 years.

As officials continue identifying the number of dead from the Maui fires last week, children are feared to be a “large number” of the victims.

John Podesta, the Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, took to the White House briefing room podium on Wednesday to blame climate change for the Maui wildfire and to tout the Inflation Reduction Act.

Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Maui after Donald Trump criticized him for smiling and saying, “No comment,” when asked about the rising death toll from the wildfires.

A Lahaina man who survived the devastating wildfire recalled his escape, remarking, “If you stopped, you were dead.”

The White House announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden will head to the Maui disaster zone next week. While there he will meet with first responders and tour damage left by the catastrophic wildfires that rampaged across the Hawaii island.

During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, FEMA spokesperson John Mills responded to the Department of Defense punting questions on disaster relief in Hawaii to FEMA by stating that “The state is in charge, and Maui County plays an

Former President Donald Trump expressed his sympathies for the people of Maui in the aftermath of wildfires that have killed at least 99.

President Joe Biden announced Monday that survivors of the Maui fires would receive “a one-time $700 payment per household,” after he faced criticism for telling a reporter he had “no comment” on the rising death toll.

The wildfires in Hawaii’s Maui “lit up the entire sky” as those on the island tried to piece together what was going on with no cellphone service, internet, or power, Breitbart News’s Kristina Wong told Breitbart News Daily, as she was actually on the island as the disaster unfolded.

A camera crew that had been accompanying Oprah Winfrey during her visit to a shelter for Maui fire evacuees was reportedly turned away due to a no-media policy.

Just three percent of areas affected by the devastating wildfires in Hawaii’s Maui County have been searched with cadaver dogs.

Shelters are overwhelmed in Maui as recovery efforts are underway following Hawaii’s devastating fires which have claimed the lives of 96 individuals.

President Joe Biden reportedly said he had “no comment” when asked Sunday about the rising death toll from the devastating Hawaii fires.

“Aquaman” star Jason Momoa is asking tourists not to travel to Maui in the wake of this week’s deadly wildfires, which have killed at least 80 islanders.

The death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93 late Saturday night as Hawaii authorities warn the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages and the public should brace for more losses.

Authorities in Hawaii say a fire that swept through a picturesque town in Maui this week has killed at least 89 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.

Oprah Winfrey visited with evacuees affected by the horrific fire in Maui last week, a disaster that has left thousands homeless and has killed over 80 people.

The death toll from the devastating wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui island has risen to 55, but officials believe the figure “could go up” as search and rescue operations continue.