#brush fire

Maui fire crews extinguished multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area on Thursday, May 12. The Maui Fire Department confirmed that seven fire calls within a 90-minute time span in Central Maui were suspicious in nature and under investigation. Full report here.

Maui fire crews are battling multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area. The fires have resulted in the temporary closure of the Kahekili Highway in Wailuku, and the Maui Veterans Highway in Puʻunēnē. There’s also evacuations underway on Kamaile Street in Wailuku Country Estates.

Maui fire crews and first responders are on the scene of a brush fire along the Haleakalā Highway. Motorists reported seeing smoke and flames in the area off of the shoulder of the highway in makai bound direction.

A fire in Makawao burned two acres of heavy brush before being brought under control on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was declared 100% contained at 3:54 p.m.

Crews had the fire 100% contained within an hour, and remained on scene into the evening to conduct mop-up operations.

Due to a brushfire across from the LDS Church on Maui Lani Parkway, the road is closed from the roundabout, mauka bound lane. Motorists are asked to please avoid the area.

A small fire burned a half acre of brush in the “Cut Mountain” area along the Honoapiʻilani Highway on Tuesday afternoon.

The Lahaina Aquatic Center is closed Sunday (Dec. 27) for cleaning of brush fire ash and windblown debris, and will reopen at 9 am Monday to people with reservations for lap swimming.

Maui fire crews are responding to a brush fire in Olowalu that has caused police to temporarily close Honoapiʻilani Highway in that area.

A fire in the Kahoma area of West Maui has burned 10 acres and is 100% contained as of 3:41 p.m.  The fire was first reported at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in a ridge area mauka of the Lahaina Bypass.

A Sunday afternoon brush fire near the Kūihelani Highway, Waikō Road intersection burned an estimated 1.32 acres of brush and kiawe before being brought under control.

The fire was first reported at 2:56 p.m. in the area of Puʻu Kapele Avenue.  Fire crews gained 100% containment at 5 p.m. and mop-up operations continued into the evening.

Maui fire crews are battling a brush fire in gulch below Hāliʻimaile Road on Maui.   At around 5 p.m. precautionary evacuations were being conducted for homes along Aoiki Street and the makai side of Leie Street.  

A mid-day fire burned a quarter acre of brush in Puʻunēnē before being brought under control a short time later.

Maui fire crews doused a fire on Piʻihana Road in Wailuku on Friday afternoon, saying crews arrived on scene to find abandoned vehicles and miscellaneous scrapped items on fire.

A brush fire burning mauna of the Piʻilani Highway in East Maui has forced the closure of a portion of the highway.  The blaze was moving northwest toward the Kahikinui subdivision and residents of at least a dozen homes were being evacuated.

Maui fire fighters continued to monitor what the county is referring to as the “Māʻalaea Mauka” brush fire overnight, putting out hot spots along Honoapiʻilani Highway and containing it from spreading further into the Māʻalaea area.

Maui Fire Department personnel are responding to reports of a brush fire off Honoapiʻilani Highway in an area between the scenic lookout and Olowalu. 

Maui Now has received reports of a brush fire starting off Honoapiʻilani Highway near mile marker 4. 

Honoapiʻilani Highway is now OPEN in both directions. It was closed for over an hour between 3:20 and 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, while crews worked to put out several small brush fires from Māʻalaea to Ukumehame.