There’s another wildfire burning in Hawaii. This one is destroying irreplaceable rainforest on Oahu

HONOLULU (AP) – A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people.

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows an Army helicopter carrying water to douse a wildfire burning east of Mililani, Hawaii, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. (Dan Dennison/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

No one was injured and no homes burned in the latest fire, which scorched mountain ridges on Oahu. But the flames wiped out irreplaceable forestland that’s home to nearly two dozen fragile species.

Severe drought fueled by climate change is creating fire in Hawaii where it’s almost never been before. This blaze on Oahu’s wet, windward side is unusual.

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