HONOLULU – Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui went door-to-door evacuating residents from a wildfire Tuesday and sounded emergency sirens.

The 4-acre (1.6-hectare) fire was first reported near the north shore town of Paia at 1:30 p.m., officials said. There were no containment estimates immediately available. There was no immediate information on what caused the fire.

“Leave immediately!” said one alert from Maui Emergency Management Agency. “There is a dangerous threat to life and property.”

Paia is a former sugar plantation town that has become popular with windsurfers. It is on the other side of the island from Lahaina , which was destroyed by a deadly wildfire in 2023.

Paia resident Rod Antone was trying to coordinate evacuation of his elderly parents. “It's nerve-wracki

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