New blaze prompts evacuations on Maui following wildfire that killed 80 people

The wildfires are the state’s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people.

The search for bodies continues in Lahaina, Hawaii (San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Police say a new fire burning on the Hawaiian island of Maui has triggered the evacuation of a community north-east of the area that burned earlier this week, killing at least 80 people.

The Maui police department said the fire prompted the evacuation of Kaanapali in West Maui on Friday night.