Brush fires close roads on Hawaii Island, Maui as windy conditions persist

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Windy situations are difficult firefighters throughout the state Sunday as a number of brush fires had been reported.

On Hawaii Island, drivers had been alerted to a brush fireplace that shut down no less than two roads in Pahala Sunday afternoon.

In response to the Hawaii Island Police Division, Maile Avenue and Moaula Street had been closed someday earlier than 1:45 p.m.

Police are rerouting drivers onto Kamani Avenue as an alternate route. An estimated 50 acres burned to this point.

Officers say no less than two houses in Pahala have been evacuated as a precaution.

On Maui, county officers introduced the closure of a number of routes as a brush fireplace there additionally burned Sunday afternoon.

The county mentioned Honoapiilani Freeway, southbound towards Lahaina, was closed, and drivers had been being rerouted onto Kuihelani again in direction of Kahului.

In the meantime, Kuihelani Lahaina sure was being redirected north onto Honoapiilani within the course of Wailuku. North Kihei was reportedly closed at Honoapiilani.

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