Maui wildfire evacuation.

Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Before the situation improved, police went door-to-door evacuating residents and emergency sirens sounded. Emergency shelters are also closing as residents return home. The fire was first reported Tuesday afternoon and grew to about 300 acres. Paia, a former sugar plantation town popular with windsurfers, is on Maui’s north shore. It is on the opposite side of the island from Lahaina, which was destroyed by a deadly wildfire in 2023.