The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos When a large brush fire in Olowalu shut down Honoapiilani Highway last month, cars started piling up on the one-lane road winding through Kahakuloa village.

The car tires, propane tanks, gas generators and rusty appliances heaped on the side of a dirt road waiting to be hauled away ...

Maui Fire Department workers “risked their lives ... The traffic jam left some trapped in their cars when the fire overtook them, and others who were near the ocean jumped in to escape.

Maui firefighters douse hot spots along the ... It hasn’t been determined whether the brush fire burned the car or a car fire ignited the brush, Yatsushiro said. Ventura noted that some of ...

Maui firefighters extinguished a blaze Tuesday evening that started in a detached garage and spread to the adjoining ...

Maui Fire estimates the damage to the garage and home at $130,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Nonprofit that ran the dislocated worker grant program will get the new funding to cover expenses it already racked up.

Maui Fire officials issued a statement on Aug. 8, listing "erratic wind, challenging terrain, steep slopes and dropping humidity, the direction and the location of the fire conditions" as ...

The report found that recovery will be slow, and researchers said they won’t see full recoveries until Lahaina and other fire ...