Maui Resort & Brush Fire Update
WAILEA, Maui — Guests at a Maui resort are returning to their suites after a brush fire prompted an evacuation.
Hotel Wailea spokeswoman Christy Stesky said resort operations were back to normal Monday morning.
Maui officials say the resort was evacuated Sunday when the brush fire threatened the hotel. Some area residents also were evacuated and later allowed to return to their homes.
Officials say winds that fanned the fast-moving flames died down early Monday. Officials said there were no injuries or property damage reported.
Stesky said the resort made arrangements for their guests to spend the night in area hotels.
More than 30 people, mostly tourists, went to a shelter. By Monday morning, a family of five remained in the shelter.
Officials said the fire was 60 percent contained by Monday morning. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
