The Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge is left with charred trees and several bald spots after wildfire scorched patches of the area. Read more here.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today reported that the fire east of Mililani Mauka continues to smolder in a remote, mountainous area with steep terrain.
The Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge is home to some of the last remaining intact native forest on the island, supporting at least 22 federally listed species.
The fire has burned about 1,638 acres, HFD said, noting that the substantial increase in charred acreage today is due to more accurate mapping, and not from any expansion of the fire.