Four billion dollar settlement met for Maui fires victims, court filings say

FILE – Waiola Church and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street, August 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News/AP)

The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a global settlement of more than 4 billion dollar (£3.1 billion), a court filing said on Friday.

The agreement comes nearly one year after the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century killed 102 people and destroyed the historic downtown area of Lahaina on Maui.