On Kauai, the county is also purchasing more firefighting equipment, including two, 2,000-gallon water tenders. Right now, there’s just one for the entire island.

Kauai firefighters and other county personnel, as well as private landowners, began responding to the estimated 28-acre brush fire in Hanapepe west of Moi Road before noon today, the release said.

A wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that threatened around 200 homes has been contained as of early Tuesday morning. The fire scorched around 1,000 acres near the communities of Hanapēpē ...

WAINIHA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Firefighters and landowners on Kauai have extinguished a brush fire that flared up in a remote area on a ridge above Wainiha Powerhouse Road. The fire was first ...

The Kauai Fire Department received a 911 call shortly before 6 a.m. today. As of 7 a.m., the estimated size of the fire was at 2 acres and growing. No threats to structures or injuries have been ...

LIHUE – As the Fourth of July approaches, the Kauai Fire Department is reminding the public to celebrate safely and ...

KEALIA, Hawaii — Firefighters on Kauai are working to take out a brushfire in Kealia that started Friday afternoon.The Kauai Fire Department received reports of the fire right before 3:25 p.m ...

HANAPEPE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A fast-moving brush fire in West Kauai has been 100% contained and the evacuation order for Kaumakani residents has been lifted, Kauai Fire Department said on Tuesday.

Kauai first responders on Sunday rescued four Hanama‘ulu residents from the ocean off Nukolii Beach in Wailua. Just after 6:20 p.m., the Kauai Fire Department received a call of four swimmers in ...

Kauai Fire Department Chief Mike Gibson said there is a limit to what first responders can do. “We can hold a fire in check if it doesn’t have great wind behind it.

The Kauai Fire Department received reports of the fire right before 3:25 p.m. on June 6. Fire crews were dispatched to the brush fire near Kealia Kai. As of 7 p.m., the fire is about 60% contained.