Maui firefighters responded Wednesday to a flareup of a July 2 brush fire in Maalaea, where there were burning tree stumps.

The Maui Fire Department said smoldering tree stumps and underground tree root systems caused the flareup.

It was reported at 12:11 p.m. Wednesday at the 2,100-foot elevation in the West Maui Mountains.

Smoke was reported high in the West Maui hillside above the Honoapiilani Highway and North Kihei Road intersection.

The smoke was coming from a burned area next to a deep gulch on the northern edge of old fire.

Wailuku firefighters got to the scene at 12:24 p.m., found smoke and extinguished the flare-up in a 100-by-100-foot area at 3:15 p.m.

The Fire Department helicopter made water drops.