HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT
CAPTAIN JOHN E. DAWRS
PHONE: 889-6540
SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
G-06654
MEDIA RELEASE
A three-bedroom house burned to the ground Thursday (September 23, 1999) in the Puehuehu area of North Kohala.
Responding to a 7:08 a.m. call, police and fire personnel arrived at the residence, located near the mauka end of Kinnersley Road, minutes later to find the wooden structure engulfed in flames.
None of the four residents was in the house at the time of the blaze, and no one was reported injured in the fire.
Damages to the structure and its contents were estimated at $200,000.
Fire inspectors are investigating the ruins of the home in an attempt to determine the cause of the blaze.
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