A brush fire that broke out Sunday in remote terrain above Piilani Highway in Kahikinui has burned about 330 acres and was 80% contained as of this morning, Maui County officials said.

Firefighters on Maui are responding to an active brush fire in the Kahikinui Homestead area around Mile Marker 24 on Piʻilani Hwy on the southern slope of Haleakalā.

A brushfire in Maui, Hawaii, rapidly grew from a quarter-acre to 500 acres on Sunday, the authorities said. The blaze, known as the Kahikinui fire, was reported at 10 a.m. local time, 4 p.m. Eastern,