"It was super emotional." Residents evacuated as brush fire rips through same area as devastating Maui blaze two years ago: 'I was thinking about the last one' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A wildfire that broke out in southeast Maui Sunday morning has burned several hundred acres in Kahikinui, Maui.

A fast-moving brush fire tore through the Kahikinui region of Maui on Sunday, June 15, 2025. According to Maui Now, the fire scorched 330 acres of Hawaiian homestead lands and prompted emergency ...

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.

This photo provided by the Maui Fire Department shows smoke from a fire burning in Kahikinui, Hawaii on the island of Maui on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

This photo provided by the Maui Fire Department shows smoke from a fire burning in Kahikinui, Hawaii on the island of Maui on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Fast-moving brush fire in Hawaii forces evacuations but no structures burned The Maui fire department said that the fire is 85% contained as of Monday night.

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.

After scorching 330 acres of South Maui land, Maui County lifted the evacuation orders for the area of Kahikinui this evening as the brush fire mauka of the Piilani Highway mile marker 24 and 25 has ...

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 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.