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Fire in Wailuku started from 6 ignition points, MFD says

A Maui County firetruck at the Lahaina station on Feb. 5, 2024.
Catherine Cruz
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File - A Maui County firetruck at the Lahaina station on Feb. 5, 2024.

The Maui Fire Department says Monday's rapidly moving brush fire in Wailuku started burning from as many as six ignition points.

The fire began shortly after 9 a.m. on July 22 in the area of Piʻihana Road and Kahekili Highway.

It burned about 4 acres before being fully contained at 2:45 p.m. About 45 homes were evacuated, and residents of Happy Valley and Wailuku Heights were also given precautionary notice.

No homes burned. The fire department stayed through the evening for mop-up operations.

Crews deployed six engines, two tankers and Air 1 was on standby.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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