Maui County hasn’t built any new fire stations on Maui or significantly increased its staffing of firefighters on the island in 20 years. During that time, however, the population has grown substantially and firefighting has become more challenging, especially in leeward West Maui.
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) Shortly after the ignition of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui communit