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In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two people missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. The proliferation of the wildfires was ...
A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to ...
Nov. 1—The Honolulu Fire Department, on Tuesday at 7 :13 a.m., resumed efforts to suppress a wildland fire that ignited in mountainous terrain above Mililani Mauka. The Honolulu Fire Department ...
DIANE S.W. LEE / dlee @staradvertiser.com Heavy smoke from a small wildfire rises above Pearl City and Aiea today. DIANE S.W. LEE / dlee @staradvertiser.com Heavy smoke from a small wildfire rises ...
Lahaina (Hawaiian: Lahaina, Hawaiian: [ləˈhɐjnə], / ləˈhaɪnə /) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. On the northwest coast of the island of Maui, it encompasses Lahaina town and the Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts. At the 2020 census (before the 2023 wildfire), Lahaina had a resident population ...
Oct. 30—Honolulu firefighters this morning are battling a wildland fire in a mountainous area of Mililani Mauka. The Honolulu Fire Department says it received a 911 call for the fire at 5:51 a.m ...
Wildfires can happen in many places in the United States, especially during droughts, but are most common in the Western United States and Florida. [3] They may be triggered naturally, most commonly by lightning, or by human activity like unextinguished smoking materials, faulty electrical equipment, overheating automobiles, or arson.
A wildfire in Hawaii's Central Oahu has grown to cover more than a square mile (2.5 square kilometers) in a remote mountainous area and has burned native koa and ohia trees, officials said Tuesday.