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Recovery in Maui’s Upcountry slow as fires still burn, water unsafe for some

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                                At top, a home on Kulalani Drive was destroyed by the Kula wildfire.
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At top, a home on Kulalani Drive was destroyed by the Kula wildfire.

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                                Kula resident Kelly Faoro filled up containers with potable water from an aid station above the Kula Lodge on Saturday.
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Kula resident Kelly Faoro filled up containers with potable water from an aid station above the Kula Lodge on Saturday.

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                                A utility truck sprayed water into a grove of burned trees Saturday in upper Makawao. Water trucks are spraying dry vegetation to prevent flare-ups and new fires.
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A utility truck sprayed water into a grove of burned trees Saturday in upper Makawao. Water trucks are spraying dry vegetation to prevent flare-ups and new fires.

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                                Coral Mathison, above, owner of Country Coffee, checked for customers while working on her espresso machine Saturday in Kula. Mathison’s coffee business is mobile, allowing her to use bottled and/or potable water.
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Coral Mathison, above, owner of Country Coffee, checked for customers while working on her espresso machine Saturday in Kula. Mathison’s coffee business is mobile, allowing her to use bottled and/or potable water.

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                                A woman cleared debris near burned trees Saturday in Kula. The fire in Kula was one of three on Maui that began Aug. 8 and quickly spread.
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A woman cleared debris near burned trees Saturday in Kula. The fire in Kula was one of three on Maui that began Aug. 8 and quickly spread.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                At top, a home on Kulalani Drive was destroyed by the Kula wildfire.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Kula resident Kelly Faoro filled up containers with potable water from an aid station above the Kula Lodge on Saturday.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                A utility truck sprayed water into a grove of burned trees Saturday in upper Makawao. Water trucks are spraying dry vegetation to prevent flare-ups and new fires.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Coral Mathison, above, owner of Country Coffee, checked for customers while working on her espresso machine Saturday in Kula. Mathison’s coffee business is mobile, allowing her to use bottled and/or potable water.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                A woman cleared debris near burned trees Saturday in Kula. The fire in Kula was one of three on Maui that began Aug. 8 and quickly spread.