Burning desire to save Hawaii homes


The ruins of a home destroyed by a deadly August wildfire. — AP

SHAUN “Buge” Saribay felt like giving up.

Hours of makeshift firefighting with garden hoses and buckets of water across Lahaina didn’t stop flames from consuming his house, his rental properties and thousands of other structures in his beloved hometown in Hawaii.

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