One month ago, Maui changed forever

A cloud of black smoke rises behind the Lahaina Shores Resort as a line of cars tries to evacuate the town ahead of the fast-moving wildfire on the afternoon of Aug. 8. The hotel survived but nearly everything along the street burned.

Second photo: Lahaina town is engulfed in thick black smoke in this photo taken from a Launiupoko stretch of Lahaina Bypass around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 8.

Third photo: A Maui Fire Department battalion chief weaves through traffic and downed power poles on Honoapiilani Highway in Puamana while smoke billows from Lahaina town on the afternoon on Aug. 8.

Fourth & Fifth photo: A young man carrying a fire extinguisher and riding a skateboard rushes to the aid of a dazed man and escorts him away from fast-approaching flames at Malu Ulu o Lele Park in Lahaina.

Sixth photo: A melted globe topping a light post near the Old Lahaina Courthouse and Lahaina banyan tree on Aug. 28 bears witness to how hot the fire was that destroyed the town.

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

Seventh photo: State Department of Land and Natural Resources wildland firefighters battle a fire in a grove of pines near the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda on the morning of Aug. 8.

Eighth photo: Sabrina and Andre Fehlmann sit in the driveway of Kulalani Drive neighbors Gayle and Ross Hart on the morning of Aug. 9 as both couples process losing their homes to a fire that swept through their neighborhood the day before.

Ninth photo: Burned-out vehicles bear witness to where the evacuation at the north end of town bogged down. The Xs spray painted on the cars marked them as “searched” for victims of the fire. This photo was taken Aug. 12.

Tenth photo: Smoke still rises from Lahaina homes and apartments in this photo taken Aug. 10.

Eleventh photo: A police officer uses a loudspeaker in her patrol car to order a Wainee Street neighborhood to evacuate as the Waiola Church Hall burns in the background.