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, Hawaiʻi (Island News) — Maui County firefighters are continuing efforts to contain the Kahikinui brush fire that ignited Sunday morning and quickly spread across dry and steep terrain ...

KAHIKINUI, Hawaii (KHON2) — 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.

KAHIKINUI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Firefighters on Maui are responding to an active brush fire in the Kahikinui area around Mile Marker 24. The Maui Emergency Management Agency alerted residents in the ...

The Kahikinui fire may seem small compared to continental U.S. fires, but it’s significant for an island of 735 square miles (1,903 square kilometers). Other Western fires ...

The Kahikinui was initially estimated at 500 acres (202 hectares), but aerial surveys overnight put the estimate at about 330 acres (134 hectares), Maui's fire department said.

The Kahikinui brush fire is in southeastern Maui, while Lahaina, the site of a massive inferno in 2023, is on the western side of the island, about 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) away.

HWMO helps communities like Kahikinui become Firewise. In the 10 years preceding the August 2023 Maui fires that destroyed Lahaina, 15 Hawaii communities joined Firewise USA.

Emergency evacuation order issued in Kahikinui due … Video / Jun 15, 2025 / 12:03 PM HST Firefighters on Maui are responding to an active brush fire in the Kahikinui area around Mile Marker 24.

The Kahikinui fire may seem small compared to continental U.S. fires, but it’s significant for an island of 735 square miles (1,903 square kilometers). Other Western fires ...

The Kahikinui fire may seem small compared to continental U.S. fires, but it’s significant for an island of 735 square miles (1,903 square kilometers). Other Western fires ...