Posted on 10:42 pm, Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Tags: fire, hwy 190
MEDIA RELEASE Fire/rescue crews responded to a 6:14 p.m. alarm Monday (Nov 8) for a brushfire on Highway 190 near the 17 mile marker. Crews found two separate fires about 100 feet apart, both about one acre in size burning moving slowly due to light winds on open land with fountain grass, a few trees […]
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Posted on 8:45 pm, Sunday, August 1, 2010. Tags: fire, hwy 190, mamalahoa highway
By Baron Sekiya | Hawaii 24/7 Hawaii County Police have closed Highway 190 (Mamalahoa Highway) at the Waikoloa Road junction north and at Makalei Golf Course South due to a brushfire mauka of the 15 mile marker. Police are advising motorists to use Highway 19 (Queen Kaahumahu Highway) for travel. The five acre brushfire started […]
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Posted on 10:39 am, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Tags: fire, hwy 190
Firefighters continue patrol the scene of a 500 acre wildland fire Tuesday (July 6) near the 27 mile marker of Highway 190 (Mamalahoa Highway) on the makai side of the roadway. The fire is contained by firebreaks cut by bulldozers along with natural fire breaks in the landscape. Hotspots continue to burn well within the […]
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