Fire training turns up the heat
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
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Firefighters Bryan Staubitser and Rhys Buen leave a trail of flames behind as they cross an overgrown Waikapu field with drip torches during a Maui Fire Department live fire training exercise in Waikapu Thursday morning.
SECOND PHOTO: Maui Fire Department Captain Timothy Herrick gives instruction during a live fire training exercise Thursday morning in Waikapu.
In a pair of controlled burns, MFD personnel from Wailuku, Kahului, Lahaina and Paia practiced using indirect attacks to fight and control brush fires with fire.
The department's training exercises in Waikapu began Thursday.
It will run through June 27.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos