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Kahikinui wildfire prompts evacuation orders and urgent pleas from homesteaders; DHHL says it is monitoring
Summary
Witnesses and homestead leaders reported fast-moving fires threatening Kahikinui and other homesteads; DHHL staff said the department is "closely monitoring" the situation, coordinating with emergency responders and providing updates to beneficiaries.
Several beneficiaries used the public-testimony period to report an active wildfire near Kahikinui and to ask the commission for emergency action. Testifiers described rapid fire spread, evacuations and local firefighting operations.
Iman Kalai Manawole, co-manager of Manapona LLC and native-Hawaiian advocacy representative, asked the commission to treat the Kahikinui incident with urgency and to consider emergency proclamations or actions to expedite department response. He told the commission the region has experienced severe wildfire…
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