North Kona fires 11-27-13

Hawaiʻi Police Department
Area II Criminal Investigation Division
Lieutenant Sherry D. Bird
Phone: 326-4646 Ext. 226
November 27, 2013
Report No. C13031696

 

Media Release

On Monday (November 25) at approximately 3:33 p.m., Patrol Officers from the Kona and South Kohala districts and Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a brush fire on the mauka side of Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Route 190) in the area of the 14 mile marker in Kailua-Kona.

Upon arrival emergency personnel discovered the fire spread north from the mauka side of the roadway towards the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, approximately four miles east and approximately two miles south along Hawaiʻi Belt Road.

On Tuesday (November 26) at 3:54 p.m., Kona Patrol Officers and Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a brush fire on the mauka side of Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Route 190) in the area of the 16 mile marker in the area of Puanahulu.

Upon arrival emergency personnel discovered the fire spread from the mauka side of the roadway and headed south in the direction of the Puulani Estates Subdivision, burning approximately 150 acres of vacant land. As emergency personnel were working to extinguish this fire, another brush fire was reported in the area of the 23 mile marker, also on Hawaiʻi Belt Road. Fire personnel were able to quickly extinguish that fire which burned approximately a quarter of an acre.

No structures were damaged as a result of the fires and the total extent of the burned property has yet to be determined.

Detectives with the Area II Criminal Investigation Section are continuing the investigation into the cause of the fires. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Levon Stevens, at 326-4646, extension 226.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.

 

 


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