Dozens of high school students and volunteers removed over 30 abandoned cars from a parcel of Hawaiian homelands in Anahola Thursday as part of a community effort to reduce the risk of wildfires in the area. The workday marks the first anniversary of a wildfire that threatened nearby neighborhoods when fast-moving flames prompted the precautionary evacuations of area homes. Investigators classified the 12-acre blaze as arson. According to a press release from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, 68 abandoned vehicles were scorched that day. The initiative, dubbed “Heavy Impact” by local nonprofit and event organizer Aina Alliance, gave students a chance to engage with heavy machinery and gain insight from skilled operators while participating in the removal of junked cars.