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Kaanapali neighborhood evacuated due to wildfire

Maui Emergency Management Agency issued an evacuation order for residents of Anapuni Loop to West Mahi Puu Place in the Kaanapali area of West Maui Saturday afternoon.

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Lisa Pua'a hugged her niece, Alyssa Pua'a, after an evacuation order for a brush fire above the Kaanapali Golf Estates sent family members to Napili Park on Saturday.
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The crew at Wash Pros Ka'napali at Fairway Shops continued to fold clothes despite a power outage due to the brush fire near Kaanapali Golf Estates. The family-run laundromat and laundry service has been donating their services to those affected by the Lahaina fire and had processed about 250 loads of laundry in the past five days.
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Members of the Pua'a, Casco, Naki-Ka'auwai and Gonzalez families gathered at Napili Park on Saturday. The families are all evacuees from Lahaina staying at separate hotels and went to Napili Park when the fire broke out above Kaanapali Golf Estates. "Our anxiety is through the roof. So, we are just going to stay here. We take no chances," said Leilani Casco who is pictured standing at the center.
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Selah Rabe, 15, sat in the back seat of a car after being evacuated because of brush fire above Kaanapali Golf Estates on Saturday. The family of four lost their home to the Lahaina fire and are currently staying in a condo rental in Honokowai.
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The Maui Fire Department responds to a fire on the slopes near a gated community called Lanikeha located inside Kaanapali Golf Estates on Saturday.
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A resident wept as Maui firefighters battle a wildfire above her home in Lanikeha on Saturday. She said that a worker from the Kaanapali Golf Estates went door to door in a golf cart alerting residents to evacuate. She and her husband grabbed their pets and assisted their elderly neighbor, who doesn't drive, and evacuated to Kaanapali Beach Resort to watch the fire from afar.
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A brush fire burns on the slopes above a gated community called Lanikeha located inside Kaanapali Golf Estates on Saturday.
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An evacuated resident talks on her phone as a brush fire burns on the slopes near a gated community called Lanikeha located inside Kaanapali Golf Estates on Saturday.
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A Maui Fire Department helicopter dipped into a water source adjacent to the Lanikeha gated community in Kaanapali Golf Estates on Saturday.

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