. >> narrator: it ignited a brush fire along lahainaluna road. >> power line just went down. (siren wailing) hey, the power line is live, yeah? the power line? braddah! >> narrator: less than a mile away, at the hale mahaolu eono senior living community, sanford hill could smell the smoke. >> i went out and went into my backyard and looked up the street at lahainaluna, and i could see all the, the fire department was right on the other side of the bypass, fighting a fire that was smoking. it wasn't a big fire, maybe two acres. >> all right, we gotta do-- this one is coming down the mountain already. >> (on radio): all the homes cleared. >> when i came in that morning, it was like, super windy, and the power was out. i was like, "oh, wow, okay, that's gonna be a (bleep) show today." >> narrator: at 7:30 a.m., firefighter aina kohler started her shift, swapping out the evening crew. >> we just put a bunch of water on the previously burned stuff for a few hours. wind offers a lot of energy. >> holy (bleep)! >> and it was crazy, you know, it's just-- you're standing out there fee