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By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 10:31 a.m. alarm Wednesday (Oct 30) to a structure fire on Kou Lane in Hilo. Firefighters responded to a structure fire with a home, approximately 600 square-feet in size, engulfed in flames. Accessing the fire scene was difficult due to the lack of a roadway and […]

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UPDATED 4:50 p.m. Sunday, October 6, 2019 Police Update: South Point Road to Green Sands beach in Kaʻu is now OPEN. Drive with caution as fire department personnel and equipment will remain in the area as a safety measure. MEDIA RELEASE This is a Civil Defense Brush Fire message for 9 a.m., Friday, October 4, […]

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By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:47 p.m. alarm Tuesday (March 26) to 94-5755 Au Moku Place in Discovery Harbor subdivision in Ka‘u for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a 1,475-foot-square home with fire quickly spreading and flames coming from half of the house with the roof collapsed in that […]

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By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:50 a.m. alarm Sunday (March 24) to 11-1744 Ohelo Street in Eden Roc subdivision for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a 12-by-20 foot shack type structure, a tarp roof with the contents engulfed in flames. Some brush next to the shack also caught fire. […]

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By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue responded to a 6:27 p.m. alarm Thursday (March 14) near 16-1590 37th Avenue in Puna for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find heavy black smoke rising from the lot with small explosions heard. Firefighters found multiple small, unpermitted structures, abandoned vehicles, appliances, roofing material, scrap metal and animal pens […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:23 p.m. alarm Wednesday (March 13) to the intersection of Hawi Road and Akoni Pule Highway for a structure fire at the Kohala Village Inn & Hub in Kohala.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 6:37 a.m. alarm to 15-2774 Aholehole Street in Puna for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived and was told by a resident that his roommate had barricaded himself in the bathroom and started a fire in it. Crews found the windowless bathroom with the door locked, blocked

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:04 p.m. alarm to the Kona Diving Company office in Palm Terrace at 74-5615 Luhia Street in Kailua-Kona for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the office. Firefighters cooled the metal roof with water before going inside where they found the fire on a second-floor […]

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Fire/rescue crews answered a 5:44 a.m. alarm Thursday (Feb 28) to Cook Street in the Black Sand subdivision in Puna for a structure fire. Firefighters arrived to find a 25-by-25 open-air storage structure with the contents, supports and surrounding brush engulfed in flames. Crews had the fire out at 6:09 a.m.

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Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating a fatal structure fire that occurred in Ka’ū on Thursday morning, (February 21). Police and fire units were dispatched to the scene at 9:39 a.m. for a reported structure fire at a home on Kailua Boulevard in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. Responding units found a residence fully engulfed in […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 6:06 p.m. alarm Monday (Feb 18) for a structure fire at 16-0553 Wao Kele Road in Puna. Firefighters arrived to find a two-story, 1,496 square-foot home engulfed in flames with two 50 pound propane tanks venting fuel. The fire burned the home and a vehicle. Crews were able to have […]

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi will honor the 20th Annual Police Officer & Firefighter of the Year on Monday, (March 18). This year’s signature event will salute two of Hawaiʻi County’s outstanding public servants, Police Officer Daniel Tam, and Medical Specialist Chas Taketa.

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This is a Hawaii County Civil Defense fire update message for 4 p.m., February 6, 2019. Hawaii County Fire Department reports the brush fire in the vicinity of mile 30.5 of the Daniel K Inouye Highway also known as Saddle Road and the Mauna Kea access road continues to burn in an isolated area on […]

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi will honor the 20th Annual Police Officer & Fire Fighter of the Year on Monday, (March 18). This year’s signature event will salute two of Hawaiʻi County’s outstanding public servants, Police Officer Daniel Tam, and Medical Specialist Chas Taketa.

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