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Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state. Unlike the current Red Flag Warning system, which relies on weather from a ...
A free community training in Maui is aiming to empower renters displaced by the Lahaina wildfires with the knowledge they ...
the Maui Fire Department acknowledged in a report released Tuesday that the island was ill-prepared. An 84-page report prepared by the Western Fire Chiefs Association at the request of the ...
A structure fire on Kupulau Drive in the Maui Meadows subdivision on Tuesday night has been ruled accidental, according to ...
I’m praying.” The hall and neighboring Lahaina Hongwanji Mission temple were among multiple structures that caught fire in West Maui as a fast-moving blaze forced widespread evacuations ...
The Maui News / DAKOTA GROSSMAN photo HAIKU — The Maui Fire Department hopes to finalize ... according to the project’s environmental assessment. A map from the project’s environmental ...
Maui Fire officials issued a statement on Aug. 8, listing "erratic wind, challenging terrain, steep slopes and dropping humidity, the direction and the location of the fire conditions" as ...
WAILEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Maui Fire Department (MFD) responded to a garage fire on Kupulau Drive in Wailea. Upon arrival, crews found the fire spreading to the adjoining residence.
A Maui County emergency official also defended the decision not to sound sirens, saying it could have led residents "into the fire" Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE.
The fire that killed 102 people and scorched 2,000 acres also burned the Mo‘olele, rendering the 42-foot, double-hulled coastal canoe unusable. Gilliom and his crew at the Maui voyaging ...