The Kahikinui fire is now 85-percent contained after scorching 330 acres. The blaze is burning mauka of Piilani Highway and firefighters are battling in the air and on the ground.

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 Kuleana Homestead Program created 104 lots and homesteaders accepted leases of 10 to 20 acres each as of 2011, according to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

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 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.

Sheep graze at Kahikinui Homestead on Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Kahikinui, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) AP An aerial view shows the landscape of Waikoloa Village, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Hawaii.

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.

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 ...

Sheep graze at Kahikinui Homestead on Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Kahikinui, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) AP An aerial view shows the landscape of Waikoloa Village, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Hawaii.

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 ...