Kay4BlueTexasHawaii Gov. Josh Green: "When fire jumped from one spot to another, it got seeded very quickly with those 80mph winds. That's what a fire-hurricane is going to look in the era of global warming."
How Maui's wildfires turned into a tragedy
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna99196
What caused the Maui wildfires? How drought and wind played a part
The catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii that have killed at least 96 people in Maui and reduced much of a historic seaside town to ash were fueled by severe drought conditions and fierce, hurricane-strength winds — a confluence of extremes amplified by climate change that experts say quickly turned a bad situation into a worst-case scenario.