Wildfire, Maui
- When
- October 4, 2:15 PM HST to October 5, 11:00 AM HST
- Where
- Maui County, 1 mi S of Puunene
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, October 4 to 5, 2003
A controlled cane fire jumped to nearby brush and eventually blackened 300 acres south of Puunene, 1 mile above the heliport near Mokulele Highway, on the island of Maui. The fire, however, did not force any evacuations or cause any serious injuries or property damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
A controlled cane fire jumped to nearby brush and eventually blackened 300 acres south of Puunene, 1 mile above the heliport near Mokulele Highway, on the island of Maui. The fire, however, did not force any evacuations or cause any serious injuries or property damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5327796.