With the Kahikinui brush fire at 95% containment, the Maui County Department of Fire and Public Safety has transferred “overall command and responsibility” for the fire to the State Department of Land ...

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Kahikinui, along with Waiohuli and Launiupoko, were the first communities on Maui to earn Firewise USA recognition in 2016 — and now there are 34 with another 16 going through the process.

The Kahikinui brush fire is now 93% contained and has burned 330 acres. Evacuation orders were lifted Monday night.

The Kahikinui brush fire has spread to 500 acres mauka of the Pi’ilani Highway near mile marker 24 and 25, according to a news release from Maui County. A containment percentage has not yet been ...

The Kahikinui was initially estimated at 500 acres (202 hectares), but aerial surveys overnight put the estimate at about 330 acres (134 hectares), Maui’s fire department said.

The Kahikinui brush fire comes less than two years after a devastating wildfire in Lahaina – also in Maui – that killed over 100 people.

A fast-moving Hawaii brush fire fueled by fierce winds forced about 50 residents to evacuate. The fire is 85% contained and no structures have burned.

Maui's Kahikinui community faced evacuations and road closures due to a fast-growing brush fire, with efforts leading to 80% containment.

The Kahikinui was initially estimated at 500 acres (202 hectares), but aerial surveys overnight put the estimate at about 330 acres (134 hectares), Maui's fire department said.