Maui county fire officials are responding to a brush fire burning on haleakala on wednesday night.for more local news from hawaii news now Due to the ongoing fire, maui county has closed haleakalā national park for thursday, july 10 This closure includes access to sunrise viewing and the campgrounds at hosmer's grove. Kahului—a brush fire that started in the early evening of july 6 in the area of 10800 haleakala highway kept maui fired department (mfd) crews engaged through monday morning when they continued to do air drops on hot spots In total an estimated two to three acres burned. The fire, which started on july 10th, has burned over 574 acres and is 80% contained as of today
While firefighters continue to work diligently to fully extinguish the fire, crater road and the summit area will remain closed for at least another week to ensure the safety of both visitors and responders. We just received a text of a mema alert from the county of maui 10:43 am , may 28, 2025 there is a brushfire near kahului airport on the island of maui The brush fire is in the area of haleakala highway and lelepio place First responders are on the scene Please avoid the area to allow first responders to work
Around 6:45 p.m., maui police department and haleakala national park rangers were called to a brush fire off crater road. 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. Drought conditions in the kula district on the slopes of haleakala resulted in a dangerous situation when a forest fire broke out on 28 december On 29 december the situation was nearly out of hand, and five units of 1 st bn 299 th inf and heavy mortar co were mobilized for fire fighting duty. Maui county fire officials are responding to a brush fire burning on haleakala on wednesday night.
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