Maui to hire expert to evaluate county’s response to deadly wildfire

FILE – Maui Mayor Richard Bissen speaks as Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, President Joe Biden, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and his wife Jaimie listen after Biden toured areas devastated by the Maui wildfires, Aug. 21, 2023 , in Lahaina, Hawaii. Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, Bissen says the province will hire an outside expert to assess how its emergency management organization performed during the disaster. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)