Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state. Unlike the current Red Flag Warning system, which relies on weather from a ...

Furthermore, maps from NASA show at least three fires ... which makes grass and other vegetation more likely to ignite. Maui Fire officials issued a statement on Aug. 8, listing "erratic wind ...

Four hundred pages of weather reports, topography maps, interviews and social ... who is a former fire marshal and employee for Maui’s Emergency Management Agency. She knows the inner workings ...

The Maui Emergency Management Agency will launch a new evacuation planning and notification system, Genasys Protect, on May 1 ...

A structure fire on Kupulau Drive in the Maui Meadows subdivision on Tuesday night has been ruled accidental, according to ...

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.

WAILEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Maui Fire Department (MFD) responded to a garage fire on Kupulau Drive in Wailea. Upon arrival, crews found the fire spreading to the adjoining residence.

A Maui County emergency official also defended the decision not to sound sirens, saying it could have led residents "into the fire" Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE.