A historic banyan tree burned in Maui’s wildfires still stands, but can it survive?

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-14/california-maui-hawaii-fire

A man sits on the Lahaina historic banyan tree damaged by a wildfire on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2023/08/12/photos-maui-death-toll-reaches-89-making-it-the-deadliest-u-s-wildfire-in-over-100-years/

Police canvassed the area and interviewed numerous beachgoers; however, no one reported hearing any type of disturbance prior to witnessing the smoke and flames coming from within the banyan tree.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/01/02/hawaii-police-investigate-badly-burned-body-found-in-downtown-hilo/

The crowds were certainly smaller and it was less wild, but people still congregated around the banyan tree.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/11/ben-lowenthal-halloween-without-front-street-was-no-halloween-at-all/

The Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the family Moraceae native to eastern Australia.

Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/02/05/in-pictures-if-trees-could-talk-then-these-10-amazing-trees-in-spain-would-have-some-tales-to-tell/