The home remained unscathed while all the properties around it were incinerated.
The couple had been visiting family in Massachusetts when the fire started on August 8.
Authorities called them the following day to say their home survived and it has since been dubbed the ‘miracle house’. Ms Atwater Millikin and Mr Long Millikin III have lived on Maui for almost 10 years, and bought the house about three years ago. She is a painter and he is a recently retired portfolio manager.One of the many Lahaina homes that burnt to the ground in the devastating fire
So far the death toll on the island stands at 115, but officials expect the final number of people killed to be around 500, reports theMore than 2,200 buildings in Lahaina were destroyed in the fire. US President Joe Biden is set to visit Maui today, after some complaints – mainly from Republicans – over his initial public silence following the fire.
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