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Like the town itself, the survival of Lahaina's 150-year-old banyan tree is now in question, its limbs scorched by flames that have wiped away generations of Hawaii history.

A Maui resident, who had traveled to the Denver metro area for a job interview, has finally found a flight home.

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place. Its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town's historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community.

Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history | 2023-08-11 17:05:32

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina towns historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community -- towering more than 60 feet and anchored by multiple trunks that span nearly an acre.

The once-vibrant heart of Lahaina now lies in rubble with over 1,000 buildings reduced to ashes

The history of the Banyan tree at the heart of Lahaina

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town's historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. Like the town itself, its very survival is now in question, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history.

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town's historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community.