A brush fire that started on Maui over the weekend has resulted in evacuations and burned hundreds of acres. On June 15, Maui County stated that the Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) ordered residents “near Mile Markers 24 and 25 of Kahikinui” to evacuate.

The Kahikinui brush fire has spread to 500 acres mauka of the Pi’ilani Highway near mile marker 24 and 25, according to a news release from Maui County. A containment percentage has not yet been determined, the release said, and no injuries or structural damages have been reported.

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 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.

Evacuations were ordered for the homestead of Kahikinui on Maui on Sunday after a wind-driven brush fire quickly spread.

KAHIKINUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Fire Department is battling a brush fire in Kahikinui. The Maui Emergency Management Agency sent out an alert about the fire shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday. Officials said that first responders are on scene between mile markers 24 and 25, and asked the public to avoid the area.