Firefighters contain wildfire threatening 200 homes on Hawaiian island of Kauai
by Dani Anguiano from Environment | The Guardian on (#6P8CT)
Authorities asked residents of small, rural community to leave, nearly a year after deadliest US wildfire struck in Maui
Firefighters have contained a wind-swept wildfire that was threatening about 200 homes on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, nearly a year after an explosive blaze killed more than a hundred people on nearby Maui.
Residents of about 200 homes in a small, rural community on Kauai were told to evacuate on Monday, as firefighters worked to stop the spread of a fire between Hanapepe and Kaumakani.
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