Modulars provide ‘dignified’ havens for Lahaina wildfire survivors

Modulars provide ‘dignified’ havens for Lahaina wildfire survivors

Hot dry winds from a nearby ocean hurricane swirled across Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, downing power lines that ignited dry grass. The brush fire on the island of Maui would become a wind-lashed inferno destroying much of the history- drenched town where Hawaiian kings and queens once presided, and whalers and missionaries clashed — a place beloved by visitors and residents at the edge of the Pacific. The fire, which grew at terrifying speed, took …