'We're Very Blessed and Lucky': Maui Resident's Home Saved
Ariel Quiroz, a 42-year-old wedding painter who lives in Lahaina, Hawaii, had woken up at 5 a.m. Tuesday to no electricity and strong winds. In the afternoon, he noticed movement outside: One of his neighbors was spraying his house with water as smoke clouds billowed in the distance. Quiroz, who lives in a condominium complex just off Front Street, thought that wetting his house might save it from the flames, and so he did the same. Even before local authorities told everyone to evacuate around