Fire caused $250,000 in damage Friday evening to a house in a remote area of Upcountry Maui.

At 7:14 p.m. Friday, Upcountry firefighters responded to a structure fire near milepost 17 of Piilani Highway in Kanaio.

Fire crews had difficulty extinguishing the fire, which was in an area with no fire hydrants or electricity. Crews had to drive back and forth to refill water from a water tanker parked on the highway.

The fire was brought under control at 11:53 p.m. and extinguished at around 1 a.m.

The 69-year-old woman living in the house was not at home and no one was injured. A neighbor saw the house on fire and called 911.

The Red Cross is assisting the woman with items lost in the fire. The woman will be staying with family.

The house consisted of a two-story, 1,200-square-foot structure and a one-story, 600-square-foot structure connected by a breezeway. It’s unknown which structure caught on fire first.

Fire investigators estimated damage at $200,000 to the structure and $50,000 to contents. The cause of the fire was undetermined. A nearby shed and outhouse building also sustained some damage.

Blaze scorches Lahaina brush

Fire crews put out a small brush fire mauka of the Lahaina Recreation Center on Friday.

Crews from Lahaina arrived at 5:21 p.m. and found a 50-by-100-foot area of grass burning on the north side of the parking lot of Na Hale O Wainee Resource Center on Ipu Aumakua Lane. The fire did not cause any damage to buildings 30 yards away and was extinguished at 5:43 p.m.

The cause of the fire was undetermined, but witnesses reported seeing children playing in the area just before the fire was discovered.