Members of the Hawaii National Guard check on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Road, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks earlier. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) LAHAINA, Hawaii — The first of thousands of residents who lost their homes in the wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii town of Lahaina returned to their devastated properties Monday, with some stopping for a moment of reflection and others searching for mementos among the ruins.

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