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    Evacuated Maui Residents Return Home After Wildfire Scorches 10,000 Acres

    The evacuation in Maui, the second-largest Hawaiian island, filled up local shelters, but residents have now been told they can return home.
    by Bobby Allyn Jul 12, 2019 2 minutes
    A brush fire that erupted over fallow land Thursday morning in Maui caused thousands of people to be evacuated and temporarily disrupted the island's primary airport.

    Updated at 7:35 a.m. ET Friday

    Thousands of people who were evacuated from parts of central Maui on Thursday after a large fire broke out over parched land are returning to their homes following the blaze, whichscorched 10,000 acres of land. The fire fed on

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