Maui officials sound emergency sirens and evacuate residents as wildfire threatens north shore town

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui went door-to-door evacuating residents from a wildfire Tuesday and sounded emergency sirens. The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) fire was first reported near the north shore town of Paia at 1:30 p.m.HONOLULU (AP) — Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui went door-to-door evacuating residents from a wildfire Tuesday and sounded emergency sirens. The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) fire was first reported near the north shore town of Paia at 1:30 p.m., officials said. “Leave immediately!” said one alert from Maui Emergency Management Agency. In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina in 2023, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens.