Good evening. I'm Amna Navaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, dozens

are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed, as crews continue to battle the raging wildfires

in Hawaii. Iran moves several detained Americans from prison to house arrest, a step toward

potential release in exchange for oil assets being unfrozen.

The family of a detained Afghan engineer and American citizen speaks out about his unjustified

incarceration by the Taliban. He could live anywhere, but he preferred to live there,

to work for his country, and to work for the future of Afghanistan.

Welcome to the news hour. They are still fighting fires tonight on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and the nation's

deadliest fire disaster in five years. At least 36 people are known dead, and more than 270 buildings

damaged or destroyed across a blackened landscape.

The resort town of Lahaina is now shrouded in a blanket of thick smoke. The popular tourist spot on the

western coast of Maui, steeped in native Hawaiian history dating back to the 1700s, was virtually

unrecognizable today, even to locals.

Oh, my goodness. Look at all these houses.

Adding to the devastating human toll is the loss of cultural treasures.

We were not prepared for what we saw. Richard Olson is a helicopter pilot for a Maui tour group.

Behind me is the capital of Hawaii. All the places that are tourist areas that are Hawaiian

history are gone, and that can't be replaced. You can't refurbish a building that is just

ashes now. You know, it can't be rebuilt. It's lost forever.

Another casualty, the famous 60-foot tall banyan tree marking where a Hawaiian king's palace

once stood. The fires erupted Tuesday night, catching islanders and tourists by surprise.

Some even fled into the ocean to escape the flames. Thousands of Maui residents were forced to

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