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The wildfires on Maui have claimed at least 36 lives, the Mayor has confirmed, with a historic Hawaiian town nearly wiped off the map as homes have whole communities have been decimated .
Several evacuations are taking place across the islands in situation that has been referred to as very chaotic by the local government of Maui County state.