The Maui News - The fire that began on Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Keonekai area below Pi‘ilani Highway continued to flare up throughout the week. Police said the Keonekai fire was accidentally started by teenagers who had been playing with a lighter in the open field behind the homes off Keonekai Road and Kauhale Street. With tinder-dry brush and winds blowing up to 20 mph, the fire spread through the field, scorching nearly 155 acres and damaging several firefighters’ vehicles parked near the Wailea Fire Station. An unrelated brush fire on Monday afternoon burned about five acres and damaged equipment and landscaping plants at a Betsill Brothers Construction site. County Spokeswoman Mahina Martin said the fire on Wednesday, Aug. 27, resulted from a flare-up in the area burned by Saturday’s wildfire. Martin said at least seven fire engine companies, along with tankers, the wild-land unit and the department’s Air One helicopter were involved in battling the fire. Goodfellow Brothers provided tankers and heavy equipment, while Valley Isle Equipment Rental sent a water tanker to spray the flames.