Evening Update: Maui begins to search wreckage after deadliest U.S. wildfire in years


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze. Maui County said late Wednesday that at least 36 people had died, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people and laid waste to the town of Paradise. The Maui fire started Tuesday, and was fuelled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, engulfing a tourist destination that dates...