ʻE ʻoatu ʻe he kau ʻōfisa mei he Vahefonua Mauí pea mei he ngaahi potungāue fakafederal ʻa e fakamatala mo e ngaahi fakamatala fakamuimuitaha fekauʻaki mo hono toʻo ʻo e veve, fetuku mo e taʻofi ʻo e veve mo e efuefu ki he ngaahi koloa ʻi he ʻĒlia Fakatamaki ʻo e Vela Vao ʻo Lahaina lolotonga ha fakataha fakakomiuniti ʻi he 5:30 efiafi Mōnite, 18 ʻo Tīsema, ʻi he Senitā Sivile ʻo Lahaina.

Ko hono to’o ‘o e efu mo e ngaahi naunau kuo fakangofua ‘oku maumau’i ‘e he afi mei he ngaahi koloa fakafo’ituitui ko e konga ia ‘o e Vahe 2. ‘Oku hoko ‘a e Vahe 1 ‘i he taimi ‘oku to’o ai ‘e he Potungaue Malu’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘o ‘Amelika (EPA) ‘a e ngaahi naunau fakatu’utamaki ‘o e ngaahi vali, ngaahi me’a fakamolū, lolo, ngaahi pā mo e ngaahi faito’o konatapu mei he ngaahi koloa. Naʻe pehē ʻe he EPA naʻa nau fakakakato hono toʻo ʻo e ngaahi naunau fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi Lahaina mei he ngaahi ʻapi nofoʻanga ʻe 1,374 mo e ngaahi ʻapi fakakomesiale ʻe 74 ʻi he ʻaho 22 ʻo Nōvemá.

Naʻe toe fakaava kotoa ʻa e ngaahi sone ʻe 83 ʻi he ʻēlia uesia ʻo Lahaina ke toe hū mai ʻa e kakai ʻo e koló kimuʻa ʻi he taimi naʻe fakataimitēpileʻi ʻi he ʻaho Tusite, Tīsema 12.

Kuo vaheʻi ʻe he Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻa e Puleʻangá ʻa e Kau ʻEnisinia ʻa e Kau Tau ʻAmeliká ke nau fakakakato ʻa hono toʻo ʻo e ngaahi veve.

Ko e kau ma’u koloa ‘oku nau fakakakato ‘a e ngaahi tohi kole totonu ki he hū (ROE) ‘o fakamafai’i ‘a e Kau Tau ke nau hū ki he’enau koloa ‘e to’o ‘e he Kau Tau ‘a e ngaahi veve ‘o ‘ikai ha totongi mei he’enau kato ‘o fakalaka atu ‘i ha pa’anga malu’i kuo fakataumu’a ki hono to’o ‘o e veve ‘i he tu’utu’uni ‘a e kau ma’u ‘api. Ka ‘ikai ‘a e ROE access, ‘e fatongia’aki ‘e ha taha ‘oku ‘a’ana ‘a e ‘api ‘a e fakamole ki hono to’o ‘o e ngaahi veve ‘i he’enau koloa pea mo e muimui ki he ngaahi me’a ‘oku fiema’u ke li’aki malu.

ʻE fakahoko hangatonu ʻa e fakatahá ʻi he Mōnite, ʻaho 18 ʻo Tīsemá, ʻi he peesi Facebook ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí.