LAHAINA, Hawaii — The black smoke from the fire billowed over the ocean as Luz Vargas and her husband, Andres Garcia, left the seaside condo they were cleaning and drove back to Lahaina to find Keyiro.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
A couple prayed for their 14-year-old son, last seen at their Lahaina home. Then they found him dead.
There was no pattern to who died and no single path to safety amid the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century
By Scott Wilson
and August 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT