Brush Fires Scorch Big Island

Big Island firefighters have been battling eight brushfires in S. Kohala, forcing residents in Puako to evacuate their homes.

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night of firefighter got battling
a brush fires in South Kohala since
early this morning
buyers prompted evacuations and road
closures
two fires broke out on why Colo 21 Queen
column on your pool call
and another two on coli high road your
call I i village
and two more brushfires on a call in a
pool a highway
fire officials suspect arson cat TV's
jodie layoff has tonight's top story
the string a brush fire started between
3:20 and 4:15 a.m.
the fires forced the mandatory
evacuation up Spencer Beach Park
and hundreds of residents in poco my
neighbor downstairs woke me up by city
smart smokes of
we woke up thinking of the highway up
here about poco and up
shoot up a scene are some some high
flames and say at one point probably
about a
quarter mile away and you can see some
flames really bursting with
the county trees of and being at all dry
right here to tender box
evacuees line roadways keeping a close
watch on the moving fire
we just know that in the area protocol
there is a large fuel source fire
in it to win it where it now proving to
be in our favor for the most part
the Civil Defence says the smoke hazard
was the primary reason for the mandatory
evacuation
through heavy there's a lot of trees in
the area of the fire is burning very
strong
Big Island firefighters are fighting the
flames on the ground and conducting
water drops from the year
the fire is burning mostly makes brush k
Ave and grass
and has not yet posed an immediate
threat to homes in that area
although firefighters have contained
some other fires
there are several let still rage out of
control one big concern
the winds which have been blowing toward
the ocean marina fire from along the
highway
down behind the community thing about a
quarter mile from pork roll with a move
to morning go out towards the coastline
firefighters are working against the
clock to bring the fire under control
before the wind shift
and become a problem Jody Lee on KITV 4
Island television news and the civil
defense shut down several beaches
because have that brushfire
at this hour Spencer Beach Park up on a
beach park
and while a a beach are closed and a
portion a book on a pulley highway
remains closed to traffic
until further notice also the American
Red Cross has one shelter open
for brush fire evacuees at this hour the
why me a community center remains open
at this hour
the shelter at why Colo iVillage is
still open
like a lower elementary school has been
closed
and you may bring patch to the shelter
site but you will be asked to leave them
outside