Leilani Estates is one of the any private subdivisions in Puna, and was mostly known only to local residents of the Island of Hawaii. But five years ago, Madam Pele put it on the map.

It was May 3, 2018, when the first fissure opened in the subdivision. By the time the eruption was done, lava covered nearly 14 square miles of land and claimed more than 700 homes.

When the eruption began, several residents had to flee, including Liz Lovejoy Yundt and her husband Steve, who owned Pele’s Kitchen Restaurant in Pahoa.

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