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A year after Maui fires, residents face long road to recover

Thursday marks one year since the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history tore through the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui. The fires killed 102 people, displaced thousands of families and destroyed a precious place in Hawaiian history. The state reached a $4 billion settlement that will help pay for rebuilding, but it's a very slow process. William Brangham reports.

A year after Maui fires, residents face long road to recover

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