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More than eight hours before a deadly fire swept through Lahaina on Aug. 8, a small brush fire broke out on the edge of a residential neighborhood located a little more than 1 mile away from the town’s historic waterfront.
Some residents said they were alarmed when fire crews left the site of an early-morning fire: “Someone should have stayed.”
With hurricane-force gusts still blowing over the fire site and the surrounding arid shrubbery, crews left the neighborhood.
CAL FIRE is switching to fire season mode in San Luis Obispo County.
Fire officials are concerned about how quickly the Hollister Fire spread in Santa Barbara County.