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Shuttered plantations’ fallow land poses huge risk of fires

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Video courtesy Blue-Hawaiian Helicopters
Gov. David Ige declared Maui County a disaster area in an emergency proclamation Friday. The South Maui brush fire that began Thursday burned 12,000 acres by Friday evening.
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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Smoke encompassed the recently decommissioned Puunene Sugar Mill on Maui as crews battled a fire that broke out Friday afternoon. The fire in South Maui that began Thursday has scorched at least 9,000 acres.