"It’s the latter Maui, according to some of the locals I spoke with for this story, that turned the Lāhainā surrounds, once a lush wetland, into bone-dry fuel for the flames. 'Without placing specific blame, this whole thing is related to poor land management, water diversion, and climate change,' says Lee Anne Wong, whose restaurant, Papa‘aina, was housed in Lāhainā’s historic Pioneer Inn and burned to the ground." - ByAli Francis