Monitor fire spread, intensity, and lightning strikes Haleakala (maui alert) — maui county officials lifted the evacuation advisory for the crater road fire on wednesday evening as conditions improved, but criticism of their response to the blaze is mounting Both lanes on haleakala highway between upper kimo drive and ainakula road closed due to structure fire sunday morning, disrupting major maui route.
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The fire, first reported at 6.
A brush fire has broken out above kaanapali on maui, burning in an area mauka of the honoapiʻilani highway near kakaʻalaneo drive, likely in the puʻukoliʻi area
Firefighters are actively working to contain the blaze, and a helicopter has been seen arriving to conduct water drops. The crater fire, as of noon, is burning about a mile from the park entrance in the summit district, said haleakala national park chief ranger ari wong, who spoke at the news conference on thursday. Crater road and haleakala national park remain closed State dlnr division of forestry and wildlife (dofaw) closed the kula forest reserve and all na ala hele trails in the reserve friday.
Maui firefighters battle brush fire in ka'anapali the blaze comes almost two years after the devastating lahaina wildfires.
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