Firefighters fully contain large Maui brush fire
COURTESY MAUI MAYOR’S OFFICE
Smoke billowed from a brush fire in the Kahikinui are on Maui Thursday afternoon.
COURTESY MAUI MAYOR’S OFFICE
The area of the Maui brush fire in the Kahikinui area is indicated on a map, as of Thursday afternoon.
Maui firefighters fully contained a large brush fire in Kahikinui on Maui.
Crews will monitor the area for any flare-ups throughout the day today.
Firefighters initially responded to the brush fire on Piilani Highway in the area of mile post 26 at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday.
Strong winds fanned the flames northwest toward the Kahikinui Homesteads, according to county officials.
The large brush fire that scorched about 300 acres prompted a road closure of a portion of the highway and forced residents in at least a dozen homes to evacuate.
The county opened a temporary shelter at Keokea Community Center to accommodate evacuees.
Officials closed the shelter and affected residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday night after the fire department lifted the evacuation.
