Hawaii Volcanoes National Park closed Hilina Pali and Mauna Loa roads to vehicle traffic due to the heightened fire danger.
4 days of the mountain burning seen with #GOES17. Heart wrenching just to watch - but far less so than for Hawaiian homestead residents on the front lines of this beast pic.twitter.com/1HCWsbrbh1
— Clay Trauernicht (@claytrau) August 3, 2021
Last time Hawaii had a fire burn >40,000 acres was 1969, the largest fire on record at >47,000. This one may be larger pic.twitter.com/OImPSq0MXH
— Clay Trauernicht (@claytrau) August 3, 2021
