The California wildfires have burned about 60 square miles so far, which is about the size of urban Honolulu. When those fires are contained, officials are offering victims a chance to heal here in Hawaii.

Hundreds of Maui residents have moved out of Hawaiʻi since the August 2023 wildfires, according to estimates released Tuesday by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization.  But three times the number of residents relocated from Lahaina to other parts of Maui as a result of fires,