#Quarter Mile

By Wendy Osher (Update 6:10 a.m. 8/9/10) Many Wailuku residents woke up to the smell of smoke this morning (Monday, August 9, 2010).  County officials have confirmed a small flare up of the 30 acre Mac Nut fire off of the Kahekili Highway at around 6 a.m today.  The fire was first reported Saturday afternoon […]

An investigation into the cause of the Maalaea fire earlier this month that burned an estimated 6,200 acres is now complete.  The investigation has resulted in a classification of the event cause as “undetermined”. The fire was first reported at around 10 p.m. on Monday, June 7th and was burning about quarter-mile mauka of Honoapiilani […]

By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oghLmyA0Eko[/youtube] (Update: 6 p.m. 6/10/10) A flare-up at approximately 1:30 p.m. today added an estimated 400 acres to a brush fire that’s been burning since Monday evening. Fire officials report that the brush fire remains at 90% containment. The flare-up was brought under control by firefighters aided by 4 helicopters conducting water […]