Maui, Hawaii and Brush fire
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KAHIKINUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura gives HNN the latest update on the Maui brush fire, Monday at 9:30 a.m. An Emergency Proclamation was signed Sunday at 6 p.m., by Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, in response to a brush fire on Maui.
Maui County authorities are reporting the Kahikinui brush fire, which began Sunday mauka of Piʻilani Highway near mile markers 24, was at 85% containment as of 1 p.m. Monday. With better mapping, the fire is now estimated at 330 acres,
Maui County firefighters are continuing efforts to contain the Kahikinui brush fire that ignited Sunday morning and quickly spread across dry and steep terrain near Piʻilani Highway.
Forward progress has stopped on a brush fire that burned near Sunol on Monday. It happened on Mission Road and Andrade Road in Alameda County.
Crews are battling a brush fire burning along the U.S.-Mexico border, just west of Forrest Gate Road in the Campo area, according to Cal Fire.
Crews from the Eagle Fire Department and Star Fire Protection District responded to a brush fire near Idaho 16 and Beacon Light Road on Monday afternoon, according to first responder apps and social media posts.
Firefighters are battling a brush fire near Highway 16 and Hartley Road that has burned an estimated 60 to 100 acres.
The blaze was reported in the area of South Palm Avenue and East Santa Maria Street shortly after 3:20 p.m., according to initial reports.