Hawaii reporter says it will take a long time to recovery from the Maui fires

SBS's Janice Petersen talks to Hawaii journalist Marcel Honoré who's a reporter for Honolulu Civil Beat about the devastating fires that are sweeping across the island of Maui.

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames Source: AAP / Matthew Thayer/AP

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