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State and local firefighters are joining forces to combat the Red Bridge Fire, which is burning in Teanaway, approximately seven miles east of Cle Elum.
Officials reported new containment numbers and updated evacuation notices for a wildfire burning in Kittitas County.
Summer wildfires have hit the Upcountry Maui community of Kula the past two years. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on ...
Kula's experience exposed a common vulnerability ... The problem comes when a catastrophe hits and water quickly leaves through fire hoses or damaged pipes, and there's no power to keep moving ...
Authorities announce 7-day ban on lighting flames in open areas, close some fire-stricken nature reserves as blazes persist, but over 100,000 still celebrate in nation's parks ...
The nonprofit was formed to provide disaster relief after the 2023 Kula fire that destroyed or damaged more than two dozen structures. Mark Ross was one of those who lost his home when flames ...
The same day flames tore through Lahaina in 2023, another fire in Kula caused millions of dollars in damage. The recovery effort there has been quiet but intense. As a deadly inferno tore through ...
While showing the damage to his driveway ... The same thing happened to Tom Liu, whose cottage was the first fire-ruined home in Kula to finish being rebuilt. "I feel kind of betrayed, when ...
In the letter, he reflected on the devastation he saw in his visit to the island and how the flames impacted the communities in Lahaina and Kula ... areas destoyed or damaged by the Lahaina ...
Tom Liu is rebuilding the cottage that burned in the Aug. 8, 2023 fire in Kula. (Cammy Clark/Civil Beat ... left uninhabitable due to smoke and ash damage. “People think I’m crazy, rebuilding ...
And we just realized, nobody's coming to save us.” Monica Loui owns Kula Sandalwoods Cafe and Inn off Haleakalā Highway. The business has been closed for almost a year due to fire and wind damage.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kula residents anxiously watched ... Some of the trees burned in the fire, others were damaged and fell to the bottom of the gulch. Residents hope cleaning the area ...