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Fire crews are battling a new fire reported at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2019 in an area of brush near the new Hookele Safeway location behind Lowe’s and Target.

The 20 x 60 foot fire in Pu‘unēnē was caused by a utility pole guy wire that broke off & contacted a nearby power line, causing sparking from an electrical arc.

Maui fire crews doused a two acre brush fire on the mauka side of the highway in the Nākālele area of West Maui on Wednesday morning.

Maui firefighters doused a container fire sparked by an unattended smoke meat cooker in Haʻikū on Wednesday afternoon.

Maui Fire Services Chief Edward Taomoto said the fire was about 98% contained by 7 a.m. today, Monday, June 12, 2017.

Firefighters responded to a brush fire that burned an estimated 2 acres of brush in former pineapple fields near the Paʻuwela Lighthouse in Haʻikū on Wednesday.

The fire was reported at around 9:19 a.m. on Wednesday in the former macadamia nut fields mauka of Kahekili Hwy, between Waiehu Beach Rd and Makaʻala Dr.

Firefighters assisted three individuals off of the Munro Trail, on the Lānaʻihale mountaintop on the island of Lānaʻi at 1:33 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

The remains of a burned out off-road ATV was found in the center of the burned area about a quarter mile below ʻŌpalipali Place off of Pūlehu Road.

Maui fire officials say a house cat is believed to have knocked over an oil lamp in the bathroom of a two-story home on Akahai Place in Haʻikū.

Maui fire officials say a smoke alarm helped to alert sleeping residents of a home fire in Kahului on Sunday.

Search crews with the Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety plan to conclude search efforts at sunset today if an aerial search this afternoon does not produce any new sightings of a missing hiker.

Crews questioned a man who was standing nearby and found that the man had just started a fire to cook a meal. The man who was apparently homeless, apologized for starting the fire.

A mile long oil spill on the Honoapiʻilani in Honokōwai on Wednesday morning was caused after a Maui Disposal garbage truck burst a hydraulic line, according to Maui Fire officials.

Since the beginning of 2016, Maui County experienced brush fires almost every month, resulting in road closures, heavy traffic, and thousands of acres burned.

Firefighters and ocean safety personnel were called to assist a group of paddle boarders who reportedly became caught in a windline in waters offshore of Pōhau Park in West Maui at the spot often referred to as “S-Turns.”

A brush fire that burned about a half-acre of grass along Līpoa Drive near the Maui High Tech Park in Kīhei was accidentally sparked by a photovoltaic panel, according to Maui fire officials.

Two brush fires reported late Monday night appear to be “suspicious” in nature, said Maui Fire Services Officer Edward Taomoto.

Maui Fire Chief Jeffrey Murray today announced the promotions of two firefighters to the rank of captain and one member to the post of fire services officer. Those promoted include: Edward Taomoto to the rank of Fire Services Officer, Patrick Shipman to Captain; and Brad Ventura to Captain.

A total of two acres of grass alongside the mauka side of Piʻilani Highway burned when a welder constructing an iron gate accidentally caught the grass on fire, said Maui Fire Captain Edward Taomoto.