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

By AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press

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. 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.