ʻI he fakakakato kimuí ni mai ʻe he Kau ʻEnisinia ʻa e Kau Tau ʻAmeliká ʻa hono toʻo ʻo e ngaahi veve ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu fakakomesialé, ʻe ngata ʻa e aleapau maluʻi ki he ngaahi feituʻu fakangatangata ʻi he Sone Uesia ʻo Lahaina ʻi he taimi 6 efiafi ʻo e ʻaho 28 ʻo Fepueli, 2025, ʻo fakatatau ki he Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻo e Vahefonuá ʻi Maui (MEMA).

Kaekehe, ‘e kei tu’u pe ‘a e ngaahi ‘ā mo e ngaahi faka’ilonga “ ‘Oua ‘e Hu” ‘oku fakangatangata ai ‘a e hū ‘a e kakai ki he ngaahi konga lahi ‘o e Lahaina fakakomesiale koe’uhi ko e ngaahi fakatu’utamaki ki he malu ‘i he hokohoko atu ‘a e langa mo e faka’auha. ‘Oku toe kole atu foki ‘a e MEMA ke faka’ehi’ehi mei he kakai ‘o e fonua mo e kau ‘a’ahi mei he’enau hū ki he ngaahi feitu’u ‘oku ‘ikai malu pea mei he kolosi pe tau’anga me’alele ‘i he ngaahi konga kelekele fakafo’ituitui, neongo ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngaahi langa.

“ʻOku ou fie fakamanatu ki he taha kotoa ke nau tokanga ʻoku kei ʻikai malu ʻa e feituʻú ni ke nau luelue atu ʻo ʻalu ki he matātahí pe ʻaʻahi ki he ʻakau banyan,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e Pule ʻo e Vaʻa Fakafekauʻaki Ngāue ʻa e MEMA ko Kono Davis. “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ʻoku fie ʻalu hifo ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki ai ʻo sio ki ai, ʻo tatau pē ʻa e kau ʻaʻahí mo e kau nofo aí. Ka ko e malu ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻoku mau kei ʻāʻā pē ʻi he ngaahi ʻā maluʻi mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga lolotongá.”

‘Oku fakalotolahi’i atu ‘a e kau ma’u ‘api ‘oku nau siofi ‘a e kakai ‘oku nau luelue ‘i he’enau ngaahi ‘api pe tu’u ‘i honau ngaahi ‘api ke nau lipooti ‘a e maumau lao ki he laine ‘ikai fakavavevave ‘a e Potungaue Polisi ‘a Maui (MPD) ‘i he (808) 244-6400.

Naʻe fakahā ʻe he MEMA ʻa e tō ʻa e laʻā ʻo e aleapaú ʻi he Fakataha ʻa e Kakai ʻo e Vahefonua Maui Lahaina ʻi he pō Tuʻapulelulu. Ko e fakakakato ‘o e aleapau ‘i he ‘aho 28 ‘o Fepueli ko e tumutumu ia ‘o e ngaahi konga ‘e valu ‘o hono hiki ‘o e ngaahi fakangatangata ‘o e sone ‘i he ngaahi feitu’u nofo’anga mo fakakomesiale ‘o Lahaina na’e uesia ‘e he vela ‘o e vao ‘i ‘Aokosi 2023.

Naʻe fakamālō ʻa Kono ki he ngaahi kautaha maluʻi ʻa e MPD, Aegaeon SCS mo e Gold Shield, Kau Leʻo Fakafonua ʻa e Kau Tau ʻa Hauaiʻí, Vahenga Seli ʻo e siteití mo e ngaahi kautaha fakamālohiʻi ʻo e laó kehe naʻa nau tokoni ki hono maluʻi ʻo e malu ʻa e kakaí lolotonga ʻa e fakangatangata ʻo e soné.

Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e komiunitī ʻo Lahainá mo e ngaahi fakafoʻou ʻo e fakaakeaké, ʻaʻahi ki he www.mauirecovers.org .

Ki ha fakamatala fakalukufua ki he MEMA, ʻaʻahi ki he www.vahefonua.gov/MEMA .