KAHIKINUI, Hawaii (Island News) – The third day of the Kahikinui brush fire remains at 93% containment and 330 acres as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety (MFD). Crews continue to work on extinguishing the hot spots and gain full containment.

: Evacuation orders were lifted as of 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, with local officials citing increased fire containment. Maui police also reopened the closed portion of the Piilani Highway. However, the road will be closed again from 7 a.

Nearly two years after a wind-whipped wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui destroyed whole neighborhoods in Lahiana, dump trunks began moving about 400,000 tons of debris to the final disposal site this week.

The Kahikinui Homestead residents faced a tense night away from their homes due to a brush fire, highlighting the challenges of limited infrastructure in their rural community.

Maui County officials issued emergency alerts on Sunday, as the Kahikinui wildfire grew to approximately 500 acres by 7 p.m. The blaze, located mountain side of the Piiilani highway between Mile Markers 24 and 25,

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.

An emergency evacuation order has been issued near Kahikinui due to an active brush fire, estimated to be up to 20 acres big, on Sunday morning.

Firefighters on Maui are responding to an active brush fire in the Kahikinui Homestead area around Mile Marker 24 on Piʻilani Hwy on the southern slope of Haleakalā. Maui County officials said the fire was reported just before 10 a.